Brazilian forward Neymar, who arrived at Paris Saint Germain in 2017 from Barcelona in a record transfer fee of 220 million euros (241 million dollars) and who was no longer part of the plans of coach Luis Enrique and the club, was transferred to Arab football at US$100 million.
The soccer player of the Brazilian team will play next season in Al-Hilal and will be the highest paid player on the team.
Back after a serious ankle injury, Neymar participated in the Parisian club’s preseason, even playing in the friendly against South Korean Jeonbuk Motors (3-0) on PSG’s Asian tour, after not having played since February . He even signed two goals in that game.
But the Brazilian was not called up for the first date of Ligue 1, on Saturday against Lorient (0-0), after having suffered a “viral syndrome” throughout the week, according to the club. He, too, was not present in the box at the Parque de los Príncipes to witness the game, as he did kylian mbappe.
Neymar’s journey at PSG was marked by a litany of injuries. Although he guided the Parisians to the 2020 Champions League final and 2021 semifinals, his physical problems often sidelined him from decisive games.
At the end of last season, some Parisian ultras, in conflict with the board, went in front of ‘Ney’s’ home in Bougival, near Paris, to demand his departure, accentuating the fracture between the player and the club.
Mbappé is back
After a battle of several weeks with their star, PSG decided to reintegrate Kylian Mbappé into the first team, a sign of rapprochement, while Neymar seems closer to leaving the club.
The news of the ‘return’ of mbappe It coincided this Sunday with a statement to AFP from a source that Neymar is “probably on the exit ramp”, noting the existence of an offer from Saudi Arabia.
All this a few hours after the soporific draw conceded by the Parisians against Lorient in the Parc des Princes on the first date of Ligue 1 (0-0), which mbappe He continued from the audience as he was not called up and where Neymar was officially dropped due to “a viral syndrome”.
For the moment it seems risky to predict whether the decision on Mbappé is a rapprochement without major consequences or is a first step towards a future agreement, but in any case it is a step forward towards resolving a crisis that threatened to disturb the PSG season.
“After very constructive and positive talks between Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé before the PSG-Lorient match, this Saturday, August 12, the player was reinstated in the first team for training this morning.”indicated the PSG in a statement.
Mbappe and PSG They maintained a fierce pulse since the sending of an email in June by the captain of the French team announcing his willingness to leave at the end of his contract, which expires in June 2024, without extending it. An eventuality considered unacceptable by the Parisian leaders.
“We want him to stay, we can repeat it two or three times. But he can’t leave for free. It’s not negotiable”President Nasser Al-Khelaifi had released on July 5.
PSG then decided to remove their striker from the first-team group, depriving him of the pre-season tour in Japan and South Korea.
Mbappé also did not enter the squad for the first date of Ligue 1, on Saturday against Lorient (0-0). But he was seen in the box at the Parc des Princes, smiling and relaxed next to the club’s latest addition, the French striker Ousmane Dembélé, with whom he was proclaimed world champion in 2018 with Les Bleus.
Source: Ambito
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