A Spanish press report highlighted Brazil’s stance by former Barcelona star Neymar and the current Saudi al-hilal on returning to the Blaugrana ranks during next summer’s transfer market.
Neymar’s desire to leave al-hilal for a season on loan after recovering from his knee injury has recently emerged.
According to Spanish newspaper Sport, there was no contact between Barcelona and Neymar’s agents, although the Brazilian player recently visited the Catalan club.
Neymar was on the cusp of returning to Barcelona last summer, where his agents spoke with the Catalan club’s management, and a solution was sought by moving to the Saudi League with the possibility of seconding him to Parsa, and Hilal rejected the order after paying nearly 100 million euros to annex the Brazilian.
According to Sport, Barcelona are already looking for a player on the left wing, but Neymar’s name was never put forward.
According to renowned transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, rumours of Neymar’s return to Barcelona are untrue, especially with no negotiations between the two sides at present.
Romano stressed that excluding the player from the Saudi al-hilal list this season, due to a torn anterior cruciate ligament he suffered while playing for Brazil in October 2023, would not enhance his chances of leaving for Barcelona or any other team.
“Neymar Junior is focused on just recovering from the injury, he wants to play with the al-hilal who is said to have paid €90 million to complete the deal, according to my information there are no discussions or contacts for his return to Barcelona,” Romano said.
He added: “The Brazilian star is 100% focused on his career in Saudi Arabia, he is focused on recovery because he wants to play with the al-hilal , so Neymar is not discussing with anyone the idea of returning to Barcelona as some would like.”
Neymar is one of the leading football stars of the last decade. In the course of his professional career, he has played in 504 meetings in which he has scored 296 goals with 191 assists, In the midst of a remarkable brilliance he lived with Barcelona, but only had 5 encounters with the al-hilal before suffering his current severe injury, Having formed one of the major deals of the Saudi League during the last summer transfer window.
