Neymar injury, Al-Hilal ready to ask Fifa for money

Season over for Brazilian ace, injury against Uruguay

The worst injury of his career. Neymar, in the match between Brazil and Uruguay, suffered a torn cruciate and meniscus in his left knee. His season è practically over. A blow for Neymar but also for Al-Hilal, which had just bought him for monster sums.

As Marca reports, at this point the Arab club would have to come forward with Fifa and avail itself of the Club Protection Program, an entity that is concerned with compensating clubs that suffer the loss, through injury, of a player "consigned" to the national team to which they belong.

"Fifa, as a maximum, can donate 7.5 million euros per individual injured player, with a maximum salary of about 20,000 euros per day", explained Carlezzo Advogados, a specialist in sports law. Now the move is awaited by the Al-Hilal top brass forced to reunite with their star man for the rest of the current season.