{"id":26333,"date":"2025-01-25T10:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T09:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=26333"},"modified":"2025-01-25T10:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T09:39:11","slug":"neymar-set-to-make-an-amazing-return-to-santos-after-rough-time-in-saudi-arabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/neymar-set-to-make-an-amazing-return-to-santos-after-rough-time-in-saudi-arabi\/","title":{"rendered":"Neymar set to make an amazing return to Santos after rough time in Saudi Arabi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/inter-miami-boss-martino-end-rumours-about-a-neymar-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neymar J\u00fanior <\/a>could rock the black and white of Brazilian club Santos after 12 years. Returning to the club that raised him is close to completion. According to Di\u00e1rio do Peixe, an outlet that covers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.santosfc.com.br\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Santos<\/a> exclusively, there could be a potential loan deal in the works.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the publication, Santos, who were promoted to Serie A after a year in Serie B, have reached an agreement to bring Neymar on loan until summer. Al Hilal will foot part of his bills during this time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neymar\u2019s contract at Al Hilal will expire at the end of June, so he could join Santos permanently as a free agent in July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83e\udde8 Neymar Jr, close to returning to Santos as the Brazilian club has now submitted formal loan proposal!<br><br>Santos are waiting for green light from Al Hilal, timing depends on the Saudi club.<br><br>Santos, way ahead of Chicago Fire in Ney race as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diariodopeixe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@diariodopeixe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLMerlo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@clmerlo<\/a> called. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ohn8NwF2hV\">pic.twitter.com\/ohn8NwF2hV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1881083471596265617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brazilian player moved to Saudi Arabia from PSG in 2023 for \u20ac90 million (\u00a376 million). But, he has played just three league matches for Al Hilal so far.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neymar was absent for a long time due to torn knee ligaments and soon after returning to the club, he injured his hamstring again. The Brazilian club hope to help the star return to complete health and to a point that is close to his best.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Santos are coming back to the top division and will count on Neymar to ensure they don\u2019t struggle again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neymar J\u00fanior could rock the black and white of Brazilian club Santos after 12 years. Returning to the club that raised him is close to completion. According to Di\u00e1rio do Peixe, an outlet that covers Santos exclusively, there could be a potential loan deal in the works.\u00a0 According to the publication, Santos, who were promoted to Serie A after a year in Serie B, have reached an agreement to bring Neymar on loan until summer. Al Hilal will foot part of his bills during this time.&nbsp; Neymar\u2019s contract at Al Hilal will expire at the end of June, so he could join Santos permanently as a free agent in July.&nbsp; The Brazilian player moved to Saudi Arabia from PSG in 2023 for \u20ac90 million (\u00a376 million). But, he has played just three league matches for Al Hilal so far.&nbsp; Neymar was absent for a long time due to torn knee ligaments and soon after returning to the club, he injured his hamstring again. The Brazilian club hope to help the star return to complete health and to a point that is close to his best.&nbsp; Santos are coming back to the top division and will count on Neymar to ensure they don\u2019t struggle again.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,13,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brazilian-serie-a","category-football","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neymar to make an amazing return to Santos - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Football fans of Santos FC will be thrilled to hear that Al Hilal star Neymar Junior might be making a historic return to the club.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/neymar-set-to-make-an-amazing-return-to-santos-after-rough-time-in-saudi-arabi\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neymar to make an amazing return to Santos - 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