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Al-Hilal bought an injured Neymar, his debut date is unknown

Reading Time: 2min | Sun. 20.08.23. | 23:11

Coach Jorge Jesus said the he might debut in mid-September

Fireworks, spectacle, the hype which looked like the one when Cristiano Ronaldo came to Al Nassr, and then the next day a complete shock: Neymar can't go on the field and it is not known exactly when he will be able to make his debut for Al Hilal!

Reason – injury. The problem shouldn't be particularly big, but it is certain that the most powerful club in Saudi Arabia will have to do without the Brazilian for almost a month, or for the next four games.

Neymar is an innovative and creative player, he will help us to improve, but he has a slight injury now and I don’t know when he will return. Maybe he will be ready in mid-September“ said said Al Hilal coach Jorge Jesus, and then mentioned Serbian forward Aleksandar Mitrovic.

"When Neymar returns and with Mitrović in the starting line-up, our positions will be well filled. These reinforcements will conclude our transfer window" underlined the Portuguese expert.

It is interesting to know that even thou the Brazilian won't feature for Al-Hilal until September, his country still included him in squad for the World Cup qualifiers with Bolivia and Peru on September 9 and 13.

I don't know how the Brazilian national team [could have] called him, he is not ready“ said a surprised Jesus. Al Hilal bought Malcom, Ruben Neves, Sergej Milinković Savić, Kalidou Coulibaly and goalkeeper Yassine Bounou in addition to Neymar and Mitrović and spent almost 350,000,000 euros in the process. They better win the league...



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