2023-08-14 11:37:13
The love story between Neymar and Paris Saint-Germain has come to an end this Monday. The Brazilian star, who has been on the starting ramp for a few weeks, got a new team and joins the list of stars who landed in Saudi Arabia during this summer market.
With Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr and Karim Benzema at Al Ittihad, the powerful Al Hilal, the most-times champion team in Arab football, lacked a star to command the sports project that already has renowned players such as the Serbian Sergej Milinković -Savić or the Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly.
The talks were well underway between the club and the Brazilian’s entourage until Al Hilal knocked on the door and changed the whole scene. With an offer that will be close to 100 million euros and a salary that will make him the second highest paid in the league behind CR7, the sheikhs managed to convince Ney to end his journey through Europe to venture into the fashionable league.
Neymar greeting PSG fans in Japan | Photo: 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Then they tried to convince Kylian Mbappé, but the Frenchman, eager to make history in Europe, didn’t even let them put a proposal on the table.
The only possibility of signing a superstar ended up being Neymar, who did not dislike the idea of joining a league that will have all the eyes of the world this season due to the number of players who came directly from Europe seduced by the brightness. of the metal.
Neymar and Mbappé, the two summer soap operas for PSG. | Photo: REUTERS
Sports press confirms it
This Monday morning the agreement was confirmed, which will be official once the player completes the medical examination and travels to dress for the first time in the colors of his new team.
“After a huge new offer was revealed two days ago, the documents are now approved by all the parties involved,” confirmed the journalist Fabrizio Romano on social networks, who also noted that Ney will travel this week to Arab soil to stamp the signature. for two years with Al Hilal.
Neymar faces another controversy in Brazil. | Photo: 2023 Etsuo Hara
In this way, the former Santos ends a bittersweet spell at PSG, which he arrived in 2017 after becoming the most expensive player in history for the 222 million euros that Qatari investors paid Barcelona.
Neymar arrived at the Parque de los Príncipes like a star and dazzled with his dribbling in the first season, but little by little he faded away due to injuries, extra-soccer scandals and accumulated disappointments in the Champions League.
Returning to training this preseason, Ney made a commitment to the fans to seek the long-awaited European title, however, the leadership had other plans and hired Ousmane Dembelé before the Brazilian’s new destination was even announced.
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