Why did Neymar Jr go to Saudi Arabia instead of returning to FC Barcelona?

In the last days before Neymar Jr made his signing for Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia official, he appeared in the Barcelona rumors. In fact, his intention was always to return to the Blaugrana team. However, he failed to reach the agreement that the culé club wanted and ended up leaving for the Middle East.

The main reason was that Barça could not pay Paris Saint-Germain a starting price for the player. He had to come in as a free agent for him to make his arrival possible. Therefore, the Arabs had enough money to make his departure from Paris possible and he signed with them.

To clarify what happened, Deco, Barça's brand new sports director and who was officially presented this Wednesday, revealed why the Brazilian star did not end up arriving. "Everyone knows that at this time, unfortunately, due to our economic situation, it was impossible to make a contract like that," the Portuguese first commented in an interview with Globo Esporte.

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"We needed to reach an agreement with PSG or with the Arabs, something that could not be. It was a situation in which it would have to be something economically viable for us, but it was not possible due to our current situation," concluded Deco, who He was honest with the financial situation that Barcelona is going through.