If it was already unlikely that Neymar sign for him Palm trees having been trained in Santosa team of which he is a recognized supporter, his signing has been completely ruled out after its president, Laila Pereira, criticized the Brazilian. Alluding to the injuries that have only allowed the former Barcelona and PSG player to play 7 games with the Al-Hilal In two seasons, the president of Palmeiras said that her team was not “a medical department“.
Asked about Neymar and the possibility of him joining Palmeiras, Leila Pereira declared in ‘Online Universe‘: “He is a great player, but he goes to Santos. “I don’t know, you have to ask Santos, but not here, he wouldn’t come.”
“I want to invest in someone who comes immediately, who comes tomorrow if the coach decides so. Palmeiras is not a medical department. I do not accept that a player signed by Palmeiras cannot play immediately“he added, thus ruling out his signing for Palmeiras.
Santos had already anticipated the return of Neymar
As we reported in LAOTRALIGA, Osvaldo Nico, vice president of the Santos board of directors, had anticipated Neymar’s return to Santos. «Neymar returns to Santos. In June. “This is the conversation we are having,” he said on radio ‘Jovem Pan’. «There was a quick conversation, which is always the most effective, but in order to move forward he must be better. Neymar would arrive in June“We are working on it,” he noted at the beginning of November.
Although the forward of 32 years could play one more season at Al-Hilal, where he is pocketing 100 million of euros per season plus bonuses, both the Saudi team and Neymar would be determined to separate their paths in the summer, which would lead to his return to Santos.