Neymar will return to Al Hilal's squad for their AFC Champions League Elite match next week after one year on the sidelines due to injury, the Saudi Arabian club announced Saturday. Al Hilal made the announcement in a video on social media,

When Sofie Lundgaard went down with a torn anterior cruciate ligament earlier this month, the Liverpool midfielder joined an alarming list of Women's Super League players to suffer the devastating knee injury -- barely four weeks into the season.

Neymar expects to play for Saudi Arabia club Al-Hilal in an Asian Champions League match next week after one year on the sidelines due to injury.

Neymar is available for Al-Hilal in an AFC Champions League Elite match next week after a year-long recovery from an ACL injury.

Neymar took part in team training and will join the Al-Hilal squad for their Asian Champions League trip to UAE Pro League club Al-Ain after recovering from a serious knee injury, the Saudi Pro League club said.

With Al-Hilal having won all seven of their seven games in the Saudi Pro League thus far, they are set to be bolstered by the return of Neymar, who has been out since sustaining an ACL injury on international duty in October of 2023.

Al Hilal have announced that Neymar will be part of the squad for Monday's AFC Champions League Elite game against holders Al Ain, ending a one-year injury absence for the Brazilian forward. In a short video posted to their social media channels which contained special effects graphics combined with clips of Neymar training,