The website confirmed thatfcbarcelonanoticiasThe Spanish club said that Al Hilal Saudi star Neymar Jr. is very close to returning to the stadiums, after the severe injury he sustained during his international participation with the Brazilian national team, last October.
Under the title “Neymar’s return is getting closer and closer,” the report explained that Neymar is doing everything he can to return to play with his team, and it is possible that the player will participate in the first match after the end of the current international break.
Neymar’s return and his re-registration in the Saudi Al Hilal squad will be at the expense of his Brazilian compatriot Renan Lodi, due to the Saudi Football Federation’s regulations, which grant the Saudi League teams… Dora Roshan The right to register only 8 foreigners, in addition to two foreign players under 21 years of age.
The Al-Hilal squad currently includes 9 foreign players, most notably Neymar, along with his compatriots Renan Lodi and Malcom Oliveira, along with the Serbian duo Aleksandar Mitrovic and Sergej Savic, and the Portuguese Ruben Neves and Joao Cancelo, and the Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly, in addition to the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.
Neymar can play in the Clasico with Al Hilal Saudi
According to Saudi press reports, Neymar, 32, will be ready to return to matches gradually, starting with the Clasico match against Al-Ittihad, on September 19, in the fourth round of the Saudi Roshen League.
The Brazilian star had joined “The leaderDuring the 2023 summer transfer period, coming from the French club Paris Saint-Germain, in a record deal worth about 90 million euros, according to various press reports.
After Neymar played some matches, the shocking injury occurred, and the player underwent a successful surgery to rebuild the anterior cruciate ligament and repair the knee articular cartilage; to be absent from matches during most of the last season 2023-24.
The Brazilian national team’s all-time top scorer played only 5 matches for Al Hilal across all tournaments, noting that the player’s current contract with the capital club ends in June 2025.
With Neymar absent for most of last season, Al Hilal managed to dominate the local scene, as the “Boss” won the Saudi Roshen League, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, and the Saudi Super Cup.
Neymar Jr.’s numbers with Al Hilal
| Number of matches | 5 |
| Objectives | 1 |
| Assists | 3 |
