Neymar yields to Al Hilal, who signed for PSG

Sources told ESPN that Saudi Pro League team Al Hilal has secured a 90 million euro ($98.6 million) deal with Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar.

ESPN reported on Sunday that Neymar, Brazil’s all-time leading goalscorer, is close to reaching an agreement with Al Hilal on personal terms, and that the two clubs are negotiating a deal. Neymar will now join Al Hilal on a two-year deal with a third option.

Neymar will join new teammates Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, who transferred to Jorge Jesus’ Al Hilal outfit earlier this summer.

NEYMAR WILL EARN 6X THE SALARY AT PSG

Neymar’s departure also fits PSG’s strategy of moving away from the ‘Galacticos’ era, when Lionel Messi also left the club earlier this summer, signing high-profile players for big wages and high salaries.

Neymar was reported to earn 25 million euros (£21.6 million) a year from the French national team.

150 million euros a year in Saudi Arabia (129.2 million pounds sterling, six times what he earned at PSG) it is known that it has been paid.

Al Hilal, along with Al Nassr, Al Ahli and Al Ittithad, is one of four clubs that came under the ownership of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund in June as part of the country’s “Sports Clubs Privatization and Investment Project”. .

Clubs in the Saudi Professional League have pursued an aggressive transfer strategy in this transfer window, offering lucrative contracts to some of the biggest stars in the sport.

NEYMAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER OF ALL TIME

PSG made Neymar the most expensive player of all time, with a spectacular signing from Barcelona in 2017 for €222 million. And this record still stands.

Neymar’s departure from PSG marked the end of a turbulent six years in the French capital, where he was plagued by frequent injuries and problems off the pitch.

Neymar won a total of five Ligue 1 titles and 13 local trophies with PSG, as well as coming second in the 2020 Champions League final.