Neymar has completed a £86million transfer from Paris Saint-Germain to Al-Hilal, where
he will come up against Cristiano Ronaldo in ♣ the new-look Saudi Pro League
Neymar has
become the latest star to move to Saudi Arabia and his Al-Hilal transfer will ♣ see him
go head-to-head with Cristiano Ronaldo.
The Brazilian forward has joined the Saudi Pro
League side in a €100million (£86.3m) ♣ deal that will see him earn £129m-a-year, which
is around £2.5m per week. Neymar will join ex-Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves, ♣ former
Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly, ex-Lazio star Sergei Milinkovic-Savic and Brazilian
compatriot Malcom at Al-Hilal.
He will also be reunited with ♣ Ronaldo, who became the
first high-profile player to move to the Middle Eastern country when he signed for
Al-Nassr after ♣ seeing his Manchester United contract cancelled in December. It will be
the first time that Neymar and Ronaldo have played ♣ in the same domestic league since
2024, when the Brazil star left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in a world-record
£200m ♣ deal.
Playing for bitter rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two flamboyant
attackers developed quite the rivalry over four years in ♣ LaLiga and in the Champions
League since. While Ronaldo’s main opponent over the years has undoubtedly been Lionel
Messi, Neymar ♣ has also challenged his status as the sport’s biggest star.
Ronaldo’s
side, Al-Nassr, got the better of Al-Hilal in the recent ♣ Arab Club Champions Cup final
thanks to two goals from their Portuguese talisman. Al-Hilal will now be able to call
♣ upon Neymar when they next meet in the Saudi Pro League on November 30.
But while they
will be on opposing ♣ sides once again, Neymar is on record expressing his admiration for
Ronaldo. Asked in an interview with DAZN in September, ♣ he described him as a
“genius”.
The 31-year-old has also looked at 38-year-old Ronaldo as a blueprint to
follow as he ♣ gets older. "The three athletes that you mentioned (Messi, Ronaldo and
Zlatan Ibrahimovic ) are reference points,” he said in ♣ 2024.
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"I believe that I’m on the same
path as them because I take care of ♣ myself a lot and I work hard. I know that I need my
body ready to play at the high ♣ level that I demand of myself.”
Neymar will now set
about adapting himself to a new environment after PSG sold him ♣ in an effort to
transition towards a younger side under Luis Enrique.
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PSG chief executive, Nasser Al-Khelaifi said:
♣ “It is always difficult to say goodbye to an amazing player like Neymar, one of the
best players in the ♣ world.
“I will never forget the day he arrived at Paris
Saint-Germain, and what he has contributed to our club and ♣ our project over the last
six years. We had a great moment and Neymar will always be a big part ♣ of our
history.”
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