Why Al Hilal are removing Neymar from 2023-24 season squad?

Neymar is out for the entire season

According to Arriyadiyah, Al Hilal plans to DEREGISTER their Brazilian sensation Neymar for the current 2023-24 season.

The forward picked up a serious knee injury in a World Cup qualifying match against Uruguay and had to undergo the knife to treat the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus, last Thursday. Neymar is expected to be out of action until at least the end of the season.

The decision aligns with SPL rules, which limit non-Saudi players to eight per squad. The seven overseas players, barring Neymar, are Moroccan keeper Yassine Bounou, Kalidou Koulibaly, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Brazilian pair Malcolm and Michael.

Moreover, Al-Hilal’s manager, Jorge Jesus, aims to strengthen the team with a foreign left-back and hence the decision has been made. However, he will be welcomed back when he regains fitness ahead of the 2024-25 season.

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Al-Hilal reached an initial £77.6million deal with PSG for the Brazilian who is set to make £314m over the next two years. In fact, the Santos legend is now in line to pocket £107m from his club while injured.

Neymar made five appearances for the Saudi Pro League club before getting injured during the international break. He made three appearances in the league and two in the AFC Champions League. The forward scored one goal and created two for his team.

Neymar’s injury troubles compound a mixed performance in the Middle East, with one goal in five games. Nonetheless, Al-Hilal leads the SPL and will return to action on Friday against fourth-placed Al-Taawon.

There haven’t been many players with worse long-term injury luck than Neymar over the past few years as the Brazil star has dealt with a number of serious ailments. Most recently, he had a season-ending ankle injury that required surgery back in March during his final season with Paris Saint-Germain.

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