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Saudi Pro League: Neymar Junior Leaves Al-Hilal With Santos Homecoming Close

The 32-year-old had seven months remaining on his contract, rep🐼ortedly worth €150m per year, but that deal has been cancelled after just seven appearances

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Neymar has had his contract with Al-Hilal terminated by mutual consent, with the Brazilian reportedly set to rejoin his boyhood club Santos. (More Football News)

The Saudi Pro League champions paid €90million to acquire Neymar from Paris🔯 Saint-Germain in 2023, but his time in the Gulf has been o♏vershadowed by injuries.

He suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury while r𝔉epresenting Brazil in October 2023, returning 12 months later but sustaining a hamstring issue in his second game back.

The 32-year-old had seven months remaining on his contract, reportedly worth €150m✤ per year, but that deal has been cancelled after just seven appearances.

Al-Hilal said in a statement: "The club expresses its thanks and appreciation to Neymar for what he has provided throughout his ✃career at Al-Hilal and wish the player success in his career🧸."

Neymar had been left unregistered for the Saudi Pro League earlier this month, with In🅠ter Miami linked with a move to take him to MLS.

However, multiple reports have since suggested he is set to return to Santos, who he first joined as an 11-year-old in 2003 before leaving for Barcelona in 2013𝄹.

Neymar scored 136 goals in 235 appearances for the Sao Paulo club, who won promotion back to th𒀰e Braziꦍlian Serie A in 2024 after three years in the second tier.

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