Neymar has terminated his contract with Saudi club Al Hilal as he closes in on a return to boyhood club Santos.
The Brazilian superstar will return to his homeland after agreeing personal terms over a move.
Neymar barely played over his lucrative two-year spell in the Middle East and the decision has been taken for him to end his spell at the club six months before his contract was due to expire.
He managed just seven appearances since joining from Paris Saint-Germain in 2023 for £75million.
He ended up costing Al Hilal £10.5m-per-game during his injury-hit time in the Middle East.
The 32-year-old will be giving up £33.5m in salary in order to leave now, arguably showing his determination for a new start away from Al Hilal.
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Santos made an approach to Neymar's current club to bring him back on a one-year deal.
It's understood that could cost him around £52million [$65million] in the process.
Neymar's move comes after Santos were surprisingly revealed as a club interested in signing Josh Windass from Sheffield Wednesday.
The Championship star confirmed their bid when he spoke to 90mins, but a move no longer looks set to take place.
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Neymar's time at Al Hilal hasn't gone to plan after he suffered a serious ACL injury which led him to miss more than a year out and forced him to consider retiring.
Neymar is due to discuss the finer details of an agreement and if all goes to plan, he could fly to Brazil this week.
The Brazil forward is expected to maintain a relationship with Saudi Arabia and be named as a 2034 World Cup ambassador.
Neymar announced himself on the global stage with Santos where he made 200 goal contributions in 225 games as a teenager before completing a blockbuster move to Barcelona in 2013.
Should Neymar's move to Santos come to fruition, it could spell bad news for Liverpool.
That's because Al Hilal keen to exploit a transfer loophole to bring in Mohamed Salah as his replacement.
Salah is out of contract at Liverpool at the end of the season and could be available on a free transfer in the summer.
Turki Alalshikh - 'the most connected person on all of Saudi sport' - recently hinted a deal was on the cards by posting a photoshopped image of Salah in a Al Hilal shirt on social media.
Liverpool remain confident of extending his deal at Anfield.
However, 90mins's transfer correspondent Ben Jacobs also revealed that the 'exceptional window' could throw up some surprises.
"Keep an eye on the exceptional window between the 1st and tenth of June, when any federation can take FIFA up on this window to sign players in the build up to the Club World Cup.
"The English FA haven't decided yet. It's all clubs, not just Club World Cup teams, so that's the debate here - do you do it to benefit Chelsea and Man City, or do the other 18 Premier League clubs say, 'We're not that interested'?
"The Saudi FA have already said, 'Yes', so Al Hilal have the opportunity to sign Salah on a free transfer, potentially in the build up to the Club World Cup and then use him at that tournament.
"That is a consideration, but at the moment Liverpool still feel he offer is there for Salah and remain optimistic he will extend.
"That's despite this little tease from Turki Alalshikh, and usually when he reveals something - he's the guy behind the boxing in Saudi Arabia for example - nine times out of ten when he posts something there's some substance to it.
"So Salah and Saudi, even though Liverpool are optimistic, remains one to watch."
Salah has enjoyed a wonderful season for Liverpool so far.
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As well as scoring 23 times in 32 games in all competitions, he has provided 17 assists along the way as well.
It means that the Egyptian star has now score 234 goals in total for the Reds since he joined in the summer of 2017.
