On the sidelines due to his serious knee injury, Neymar no longer appears in the Al-Hilal squad registered in the Saudi championship. Enough to give rise to many rumors…
While Jordan Henderson has already left Saudi Arabia to join Ajax Amsterdam and Karim Benzema and Roberto Firmino are having difficulty with their exile in the Gulf, to the point of thinking of also returning to Europe, Neymar’s future has also been talked about for several days. Injured for many more months, the Brazilian was in fact removed from the list of players by his club. Enough to make some think that the adventure of the former Parisian in the Gulf was over.
But if the native of Santos no longer appears on the list of players registered in the Saudi championship, it is only because of the recent arrival of Renan Lodi from Marseille. The number of foreign players that a club can register being limited, the championship leader simply deregistered Neymar, on the sidelines until next season, to allow the registration of his latest recruit, recruited on loan with an option to buy. almost obligatory, for an amount of 23 million euros (+ two million bonuses).
Absent until next fall
“Al Hilal will just make room in the team roster for Renan Lodi as a foreign player because Neymar is injured and will not play again this season,” said Fabrizio Romano, the transfer specialist, adding: “Then he will return to the team when he is ready. »
Injured knee during the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay, Neymar suffers from a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligaments and the meniscus of the left knee for which he was operated on at the beginning of November and which should keep him away land until next fall. Arriving this summer in Saudi Arabia for a check for 90 million euros, the Brazilian has so far only played five matches with his new club, for one goal and three assists.
