Neymar announced Thursday he was returning to Brazilian club Santos, where he started his career, after ending his injury-plagued spell with Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal.- Pele's heir - At the start of his career he was cast as the heir to Pele.

Neymar has agreed to sign for his former side Santos in Brazil, saying "it feels like I'm going back in time".Brazil's record goalscorer, 32, is expected to sign a short-term deal at the club where he began his career.

Neymar has announced that he has completed a remarkable return to his boyhood club Santos in a post on social media. The forward shared an emotional video on X in which he revealed that he has decided to "sign the contract with Santos Futebol Clube".