It has been a while now since Neymar Jr. has been suffering from his ACL injury. Now this may have just forced Al-Hilal to wait for a couple of months before they can finally introduce the Brazilian superstar. As per the latest update, Neymar’s return to the club has been delayed until November due to his injury.
As per the reports, the Saudi Premier League allows eight foreigner slots. However, Al-Hilal has signed nine foreigners including Neymar. Now with the Brazilian still two months away from regaining full fitness, Al-Hilal’s coach, Jorge Jesus wants to delay the move until January. This is to ensure that he can go through with the registration of his summer signing Renan Lodi.
Neymar has missed out on more than 50 matches for the club ever since his signing. With just three appearances for Al-Hilal in 2023-24, he picked up the nasty ACL injury and since then has been trying to get back into shape. It is still unclear as to when the Brazilian will be fit again.
Neymar Jr. started his senior career for Santos, scoring 136 goals for the Brazilian club. He then arrived in Barcelona and was a part of the outfit for four staggering years where he scored 105 goals in total. French stalwarts, PSG came knocking on his doors following which he penned an iconic chapter for the Parisians, registering 82 goals from just 112 matches.
Here’s what Twitter or X had to say about Neymar Jr
Fans haven’t been particularly happy with the Brazilian sensation’s long leave. However, the kind of injury that Neymar has had can be a career-ending. With that being said, the internet has had a mixed-bag reaction to the persistent injury concern for Neymar.
Mostly a meme-fest has ensued on social media with fans claiming that he went on a paid sabbatical and most importantly, the amount was exorbitantly high. Whether the delay in his return will allow Jorge Jesus to get on with Renan Lodi or not, time shall reveal. However, for now, X has been berserk with crazy memes.
Al-Hilal was at their best even without Neymar as they clinched the title last year, leapfrogging Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr by a whopping 14 points. They have started the new season on a high with two consecutive wins, logging six points. Their next assignment is against Al-Riyadh on 14th September.
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