Neymar left Al-Hilal and the president of Santos awaits him “with open arms”

Neymar terminated his contract with Al-Hilal and His return to Santos is practically confirmedsources said AM850. In addition to these rumors, the president of the Brazilian entity, Marcelo Teixeira, He welcomed him.
Ney no longer belongs to the Saudi Arabia Club, whose coach, Jorge Jesus, had said that “he could no longer play at the level they were accustomed to” and was not registered to play in the Saudi Pro League, leaving him eligible to play only in the AFC Champions League.
As a result, Neymar looked for his next challenge as a footballer and seems to have found him in the club with which he began his professional career.
“It seems that it was yesterday, time passes too fast. The time has come to build our new story. Return to your house, we are with open arms!”, This published Marcelo Teixeira, president of Santos, confirming the return of Neymar To Peixe 👑 pic.twitter.com/nxfu11cyrd
– SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) January 28, 2025
As sources from AM850, Neymar terminated his contract with Al-Hilal, who made the news official on Monday. The most cumbersome part of the negotiation, the 32 -year -old attacker will sign a six -month contract, which could have the option to extend for one more yearwith Santos.
Al Hilal and Neymar Jr. Have added to Terminate The Player’s Contract By Mutual Consent.
Thank you and Good Luck, Neymar 💙 pic.twitter.com/9edcvwbgop
– Alhilal Saudi Club (@alhilal_en) January 27, 2025
Neymar’s staff hoped to take an important step in negotiations earlier this week, after receiving a positive signal from the Saudi team after a few days of silence. The Santos directive, in the figure of President Marcelo Teixeira, always had contact with the attacker and his family. The good relationship caused even optimism to seize the track back of the club.
When the agreement with the Peix, the former-Barcelona and PSG is completed, will travel to Brazil this week-it is still pending some bureaucratic procedures-and could debut the February 5, your birthday, against Botafogo RP for the Paulista championship. For that meeting, the footballer would have already summoned his friends, but previously he would seek to present it at two events, on January 30 at Pacaembú and February 1 at the Derbi against San Pablo.
So that expectations continue to grow, Teixeira welcomed him: “Welcome, ‘Menino’ Ney! Child of La Vila (Belmiro)! Come and be happy with the sacred mantle. The Santos Nation awaits you with open arms”.
“Neymar, you said goodbye to La Vila to realize her dreams. But DYou were a promise that we never forget: ‘I am leaving, but I will return’, do you remember? I’m sure that phrase accompanied you for all this time“The president concluded confirming the agreement with the Brazilian star.
By terminating his contract with Al-Hilal, which won in June, Neymar resigned from a part of the 65 million dollars that corresponded to him by the link. Sources said to AM850 BRAZIL that in the agreement the Brazilian will receive between 35 and 40 million dollars.
In this way, a series of rumors will also be closed that included the possibility that Neymar went to Chicago Fire, of the MLS. However, Neymar’s preference was always returning to Brazil to recover his form and possibly recover his place with the national team, thinking about the 2026 World Cup.
Neymar, 32, crossed a difficult period with Al-Hilal after joining the Saudi club from Paris Saint-Germain in mid-2023 in exchange for 97.6 million dollars.
The star suffered a breakage of the anterior cross ligament of the left knee while with his selection shortly after joining Al-Hilal. He returned to the courts last October, but an injury to the Corva’s tendon prevented him from making a greater contribution. He barely played seven games among all competitions and scored a single goalin a match of the group phase of the AFC Champions League against NasSaji Mazandar will hid on October 3, 2023.
Despite its difficulties in Saudi Arabia, Neymar remains one of the most important names of sport thanks to their exploits with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez while in Barcelona from 2013 to 2017. At that time, he was part of teams that team They won a UEFA Champions League, two LaLiga titles and three Cups of the King.
Then, he moved to the PSG in 2017 and won five titles from Ligue 1, three France glasses and two glasses of the league.
Neymar began his professional career with Santos in 2009, Taking them to glory at Conmebol Libertadores 2011when he scored in the second leg of the final, a 2-1 victory over Peñarol. He also won a Conmebol Recopa (2012), a Cup of Brazil (2010) and three Paulista championships (2010, 2011 and 2012).
Internationally, Neymar has played 128 matches with the Brazilian team and scored 79 goals, a record for the green yell. He was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Then, Neymar, who has been in conversations with President Teixeira for a long time, would be close to returning home, almost 12 years later. A few days ago, the leader made it clear that “there was nothing agreed or closed” and that the player “had to do how he solved the problem with his club” before he was viable, but the novel seems to come to an end.
“When it comes to Neymar, it cannot be said that Santos is not interested, because most of the world’s clubs will be interested in him, for the level of a player he is, so he can represent for Santos and for its beautiful story with the institution. But I don’t like talking about players who have nothing signed or formalized, ”added Teixeira.
In Santos, he would be directed by Pedro Caixinhawho also acknowledged that “any coach in the world would like to have Neymar.” In the Alvinegro, the 32 -year -old footballer He scored 136 goals in 225 games, in addition to contributing 63 assists. In terms of numbers, his most impressive years were 2010 (42 goals and 16 assists in 60 games) and 2012 (43 goals and 20 assists in 47 games).
Since the serious injury he suffered on October 17, 2023 (anterior cross ligament rupture and the meniscus of his left knee), in the match between Brazil and Uruguay by South American qualifiers, Ney barely added Two games and 42 minutes on the court.
Their global numbers in Al-Hilal do not far from these records: seven presentations and 428 ‘, with just a goal and three assists, in addition to four titles. Now, the 32 -year -old footballer, who raised 37 trophies in his successful race, already recovered and is soon to play.
Santos dreamed with Neymar’s return since last year, when he lived The darkest season in its historyafter consummating the first decrease in its history at the end of 2023. Then, the Alvinegro He was enshrined champion of the B 2024 series, so in 2025 he will compete again in the Brazilian, whose defending champion is Botafogo.
This report was made with the information of Jeff Carlisle and Pedro Ivo Almeida, AM850 journalists.