Now that Neymar is out of Parisian “hell”, as he described his end of stay at PSG and Lionel Messi’s stay in the French capital, the 31-year-old Brazilian can let go. Al-Hilal’s new striker spoke at a press conference ahead of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia and Peru (September 9 and 13).
“Football is the same there [en Arabie saoudite], observed with a smile the ghost of the Seleçao, whom he had not seen since the World Cup in Qatar, finished in the quarter-finals. Given the big names that make up this championship, it is possible that this championship will be better than Ligue 1.”
L1, “that’s where I suffered the most”
Neymar, out of ban with PSG, joined one of Riyadh’s major clubs this summer for around 90 million euros, to play in the same competition as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema or Aymeric Laporte.
“I want to win with Al-Hilal,” he also said. It doesn’t matter what people say. They said L1 was weak but that’s where I suffered the most. » If the Saudi championship is even tougher, that promises for the “Ney”.