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Neymar injury delays Al-Hilal debut by a month
Reuters
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian winger Neymar might have to wait until September to
make his debut for Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal because of injury, coach Jorge Jesus
said.
Neymar joined Al-Hilal from Paris St Germain last Tuesday on a two-year contract
that French newspaper L'Equipe said could earn the 31-year-old 160 million euro
s ($174 million).
"Neymar is an innovative and creative player, he will help us to improve, but he
has a slight injury now and I don’t know when he will return. Maybe he will be
ready in mid-September,” Jesus said after a welcoming ceremony in front of 60,
000 spectators at the King Fahd International Stadium on Saturday.
Drones flew above Al-Hilal's home ground and spelled out "Neymar is Blue" before
the former Barcelona star watched his new team held to a 1-1 draw by Al-Fayha.
Al-Hilal coach Jesus also expressed his surprise at Neymar's inclusion in the Br
azil squad for two World Cup qualifiers next month.
"I don't know how the Brazilian national team (could have) called him, he is not
ready," Jesus said.
Neymar has not played for Brazil since last year's World Cup as he recovers from
an ankle injury sustained in February, but he has been included in the squad fo
r World Cup qualifiers against Bolivia on Sept. 8 and Peru four days later.
刚从PSG转会到Al-Hilal的Neymar，因为受伤了，Al-Hilal教练表示可能会到九月中才能初
登场，但他很惊讶Neymar 居然入选了九月初世预赛的巴西国家队，他觉得Neymar还没准备
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