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Brazil superstar Neymar parts ways with Saudi Pro League side
AAP • January 28th, 2025 3:00 pm
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Brazilian football greatNeymar has parted ways by mutual consent with Saudi Pro League champions Al-Hilal, the club has announced.
The move, announced on Tuesday (NZ time) , follows a disappointing spell at the club for Brazil's all-time leading goal-scorer.
The 32-year-old sustained a knee injury in Brazil's World Cup qualifier against Uruguay in October 2023 and has struggled to get back to his best.
"Al-Hilal Club Company and Neymar Jr have agreed to terminate their contractual relationship by mutual consent," the Saudi club posted on social medial platform X (formerly Twitter).
Neymar has played only seven games for Al-Hilal since moving from Paris St Germain for a reported fee of about 90 million euros ($NZ165 million) in August 2023.
Brazilian media have reported that Neymar, who has scored 79 goals for the national team, will return to his childhood club Santos after leaving in 2013 to join Barcelona.
In August 2017 he moved from Barcelona to PSG for a world record fee of 222 million euros ($NZ409 million).
