Neymar suffered a serious knee injury in the match against Uruguay in the 2026 World Cup qualifier. “Little Pele” underwent surgery in early November. It is expected that this player will have to miss 10 months.

That means that Neymar cannot appear with Al Hilal Club for the rest of the season. Not only that, he also missed the Copa America appointment with the Brazilian team in July next year.

Faced with that situation, Al Hilal Club made a decision on Neymar’s case. Accordingly, they decided to remove the Brazilian star’s name from the registration list for this entire season. It should be added that the Saudi Arabia Football Federation stipulates that clubs can only register 8 foreign players in the squad.

In addition to Neymar, Al Hilal has 7 other foreign players: Yassine Bounou (Morocco), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal), Ruben Neves (Portugal), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia), Malcolm and Michael (Brazil).

Therefore, Al Hilal decided to remove Neymar’s name to recruit another foreign player in the winter transfer window. According to Goal, coach Jorge Jesus wants to recruit another left-back.

A long break from competition greatly affects Neymar’s future. This player has turned 31 years old and it is not easy to recover and regain the feeling of playing football like before. Furthermore, Al Hilal can completely recruit a replacement for Neymar in the summer of 2024.

Neymar has just joined Al Hilal in the 2023 summer transfer window for a fee of 90 million euros from PSG. This player will receive a salary of 160 million euros per year at Saudi Arabia Club. However, with “little Pele” taking a long break, Al Hilal seems to have failed in this deal.

Currently, Neymar is in Brazil recuperating from injury. Recently, this player shared a photo of himself lying in bed after surgery. Accompanying it was the caption: “Thank God! Everything is fine. I need to be patient to wait for recovery”.