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 Professional League facet Al-Hilal.
Neymar has scored 141 objectives and made 69 assists in 243 appearances for Santos.
The previous 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,” mentioned Neymar.
“Santos isn’t just my staff, it is my residence, my roots, my historical past and my life. Right here I used to be a boy who grew to become a person, and I’m actually liked. Right here I could be myself, actually completely happy.
“That 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. The place 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 characteristic of their World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Colombia and Argentina.
He has scored 79 objectives in 128 Brazil appearances however has not represented his nation since sustaining a knee damage in opposition to Uruguay in October 2023.
“It’s a historic and memorable day for Brazilian soccer, a present for the followers of Santos FC,” mentioned membership president Marcelo Teixeira.
“Our idol, our boy, the prince with our quantity 10 shirt stays.
“It’s a crucial second on this reconstruction course of and we wanted Neymar, each on and off the sphere.
“The phrase ‘I am going, I am again, I am staying’ is emblematic and basic for the repositioning of Santos FC at its correct degree.”
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