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Neymar joins Saudi club Al-Hilal from PSG on two-year deal

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Neymar has signed a two-year contract at Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal after six years with Paris St Germain in which the Brazil forward won several domestic trophies but not the Champions League the club craves.No financial details were disclosed on Tuesday but the fee was reported to be about €90 million (US$98.24 million) plus add-ons and subject to a medical for the 31-year-old.French newspaper L'Equipe said the deal could net Neymar €160 million.Saudi Professional League (SPL) club Al-Hilal announced that Neymar had signed a deal until 2025, with the Brazilian saying, "I am here in Saudi Arabia, I am Hilali" in a video on the team's social media accounts.Neymar joined PSG in 2017 from Barcelona for a world record fee of 222 million euros.

He scored 118 goals in 173 appearances for the Paris club and won numerous trophies, including five Ligue 1 titles.Neymar won the Champions League with Barcelona in 2015 but had to settle for a runners-up medal in the 2020 final, which PSG lost to Bayern Munich."It is inevitably difficult to say goodbye to a club legend, which Neymar will always be," PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said in a club statement."I will never forget the day he arrived at Paris Saint-Germain, nor what he has brought to our club and our project over the last six years."We've had some extraordinary moments and Neymar will always be part of our history.

I would like to thank him and his family."Neymar has also played 124 times for Brazil, scoring 77 goals - a joint-record alongside three-time World Cup winner Pele.

He was part of the Brazil team which won the Confederations Cup in 2013.The most successful club in Saudi Arabia and Asia, Al-Hilal have won 66 trophies and hold the record for number of league and

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