LONDON, United Kingdom, Jun 25 – Brazil’s all-time main goalscorer Neymar has renewed his contract with boyhood membership Santos till December.
The 33-year-old returned to the Brazilian membership on a six-moth deal in January after the termination of his contract with Saudi Pro League aspect Al-Hilal.
Neymar has scored 141 targets and made 69 assists in 243 appearances for Santos.
The former Paris St-Germain and Barcelona ahead had been linked with a return to Europe earlier than signing a brand new take care of Santos till the top of the Brazilian Serie A season, with an possibility to increase.
“I decided and I listened to my coronary heart,” stated Neymar.
“Santos isn’t just my group, it’s my dwelling, my roots, my historical past and my life. Here I used to be a boy who grew to become a person, and I’m really liked. Here I might be myself, really joyful.
“This is the place I need to fulfil the desires which can be lacking in my profession. And nothing’s going to cease me. I’m going, I come again and I keep. Where all of it started and the place it can by no means finish.”
Neymar was recalled to the Brazil squad after a 17-month absence in March however didn’t function of their World Cup qualifiers towards Colombia and Argentina.
He has scored 79 targets in 128 Brazil appearances however has not represented his nation since sustaining a knee damage towards Uruguay in October 2023.
“It is a historic and noteworthy day for Brazilian soccer, a present for the followers of Santos FC,” stated membership president Marcelo Teixeira.
“Our idol, our boy, the prince with our quantity 10 shirt stays.
“It is a vital second on this reconstruction course of and we wanted Neymar, each on and off the sector.
“The phrase ‘I’m going, I’m again, I’m staying’ is emblematic and elementary for the repositioning of Santos FC at its correct stage.”
