The club has made an unusual decision with the Brazilian star in the midst of his injury.
Mohammad bin Salmán bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Neymar Jr broke with everything when last summer he decided to leave PSG once and for all, to head to the Saudi Pro League, by signing for Al-Hilal for a total amount of 90 million euros. The Brazilian arrived in a league that is not very demanding, and in a team that had already been reinforced very well with the Serbians Aleksandar Mitrovic, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, and the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bouno.
These moves have turned out very well, as Al-Hilal is the leader of the league with 35 points, four more than Al-Nassr of Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mané. However, Neymar’s participation has been very little, since a total of 13 games have been played and the Brazilian star, who has played three games in the league and in the Asian Champions League, has played two games.
This low participation is due to the fact that the player arrived with a muscle injury, missing a total of 22 days. After this recovery, the worst would come and that is that in the match between Uruguay and Brazil for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Neymar had an unfortunate collision with Nicolás de la Cruz, supporting his left leg, but he would do it wrong and would have to leave the field of play on a stretcher.
The worst was confirmed, the Brazilian’s injury was a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus of the left knee, one of the most feared injuries for footballers, as it practically ends their careers. Now, Neymar has already undergone surgery that was successful and is in his recovery phase, but the club has made a drastic decision.
Another hard blow
Faced with such a delicate injury that requires so much recovery time, between six and eight months, according to the Argentine media TyC Sport, Al-Hilal has chosen to suspend the player’s registration in the tournament, since the Saudi Pro League allows only eight Foreigners per team and without the registration of Neymar, will be able to sign another player for the winter market. The Brazilian star is expected to return to the competition in the months of June and July, so the Copa América will be in danger for him.