Sao Paulo.- Neymar He returned to Santos of Brazil “To recover” from a serious injury and has not yet reached an agreement to renew his contract, on the eve of the expiration date, said his father and representative on Wednesday.
The historical scorer of the Seleçao returned in January to the club that saw him arise and signed an agreement until June 30. After missing several games due to injuries, Santos’s crook wonders if he will renew.
“Neymar’s plan was to stay in Santos for five months to recover. If he could play, Amen,” said Neymar da Silva Santos, his father, after the 3-1 defeat of Peixe against German Red Bull Leipzig, in a friendly played in the Brazilian municipality of Bragança Paulista.
In his first appearance as a starter from an injury he suffered in mid -April, Neymar played 54 minutes.
Santos idol, where he won the Copa Libertadores of 2011, Ney returned to the club of his loves after more than a decade reaping successes in Europe.
However, an important left knee injury came to the al-Hilal de Saudi Arabia.
“We had to advance his return to the field, which delayed our recovery process,” said his father.
At the beginning of March, Neymar suffered a first injury in his left thigh that marginalized him from a decisive match against Corinthians, in which Santos was eliminated from the Paulista championship.
“Neymar’s contract ends and his renewal was not yet discussed,” added Neymar da Silva Santos.
The Paulista club is in the descent zone in the Brazilirao and fired the Portuguese coach Pedro Caixinha in mid -April, after just four months on the bench.
Discomfort with the star
Neymar has been criticized in Brazil for his appearances in the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro and in Kings League games during the period of recovery of his first injury.
His father’s role in the 33 -year -old attacker has also been the subject of controversies.
The footballer failed in April in a legal action to prevent the publication of a podcast that presents Neymar da Silva Santos as a “voracious and feared businessman in the world of football”, which controls a good part of his son’s decisions.
