Neymar will share costumes in the Holys with one of the least valuable templates of Brazilian championship with the main objective of staying in the highest category after having spent a year in the Second Division.
The former player of Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) He has decided to return to the team in which the world was announced, after a dramatic streak of injuries and a fleeting passage through Saudi football, departing from the elite of world football.
The challenge will be Herculean at almost 33 years. On a personal level, recover the physical form thinking about the 2026 World Cup; already collective level, resurrect the club of Peléimmersed for years in serious financial problems.
And is that Neymar will meet a Santos very different from the one he left in 2013, when the team was one of the most powerful in South America with players such as Paulo Henrique Ganso or ‘Gabigol ‘.
In the absence of new reinforcements and the possible ‘effect called’ of the Canarinha star, the template of the Santos It is today the least valued of the 20 teams of the First Division of the League, according to the data of the Transfermarkt specialized portal.
With a market value of 53.5 million euros (55.6 million dollars), the Albinegro team is far from the figures of Palmeiras and Flamengothat lead the classification with casts priced at more than 200 million dollars.
Only Vitória, Ceará, Sport Recife, Youth and Mirassol They have less valued templates than the centenary Paulista painting.
Soteldo and Miguel Third Parties, main weapons
Under the orders of the newcomer Portuguese technician Pedro Caixinhathe Venezuelan attacker leads to Santos today Yeferson Soteldo.
The international with the vinotinto, as well as NeymarHe is also back, since last season he played on loan in the Porto Alegre guild, while Santos sailed in series B.
He asked to leave after a disagreement with Caixinha, although it seems that in the end he will stay once his differences with the Portuguese coach, according to the Brazilian press.
Another great talent is the Bolivian Miguel Thirdalready a regular in the calls of his selection at 20 years.
In defense the Argentine sides stand out Gonzalo Escobar and Leonardo Godoythe latter assigned by the Paranaense Athletic, who lost the category in 2024.
Another Venezuelan is called to be an anchor in the center of the countryside: Tomás Rincón. He is accompanied in the spinal names such as Brazilians Diego Pituca, Patrick and João Schmidt.
Up, the board has just closed the signing of Tquinho Soaresfrom Botafogo, which last year signed the best campaign in its history by winning the League and the Copa Libertadores.
In the air is the continuity of the Colombian Alfredo Morelos and of the Argentine Julio Furbch, who do not enter Caixinha’s plans, according to the Brazilian press, who says Neymar has asked the Santos to surround him with a “strong” team.
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According to the UOL portal, weight names such as former players of the Real Madrid Sergio Ramos and Marceloand the French midfielder Paul Pogbathe three free in the market.
Options were also raised, a priori, more “real”, such as former FC Barcelona soccer player Arthur Melo and the Argentine steering wheel Leandro Paredes, who shared costumes with Neymar in the PSG.
