Neymar: Ronaldo opened the door for the influx of stars to the Saudi League
Brazilian star Neymar, who joined Al-Hilal on Tuesday, saw that some described Portuguese veteran Cristiano Ronaldo as "crazy, but he opened the way for the stars" to the Saudi Football League.
After six varying years spent in Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar put an end to his Parisian adventure through his resounding move to Al-Hilal, to join a group of other stars in the Saudi League such as Ronaldo and Senegalese Sadio Mane (Al-Nasr), the French Karim Benzema and Ngolo Kante (Al-Ittihad) and the Algerian Riyad Mahrez (Al-Ahly).
He also joined other stars in his new team, such as the Portuguese Robin Neves, the Serbian Sergey Milinkovic-Savic, the Senegalese Khalido Coulibaly and his compatriot Malcom. In a video published by Al Hilal, Neymar said: "My goal is to make Al Hilal fans happy and always reach the summit, and I will do everything I can with the team."
He added, "All the Brazilian people will watch the Saudi Professional League and will support Al Hilal. I spoke with Malcom and (his other compatriots) Alex Telles and Michael Delgado before agreeing to Al Hilal's offer."
And after he was pushed to leave Saint-Germain, Neymar agreed to the Saudi offer, where he would receive a huge salary in Al-Hilal estimated, according to a source in Saudi Arabia, at “100 million euros (109 million dollars) per year for the player, and the same for Paris Saint-Germain,” noting that the player was He negotiated a two-year contract instead of three.
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