Santos in the drop zone: Neymar set to leave if his team go down | OneFootball

Neymar's future at Santos is a real question mark, and reports from Brazil indicate that if the São Paulo team is relegated, the player would leave the club. The main issue is his extremely high salary and the club's inability to pay it in Serie B.

Beyond the financial aspect, those close to the player have also hinted that he would not be motivated to play in the second division. With seven matches left in the season, his team is in 17th place in the Brasileirao standings and would currently be relegated.

The encouraging news for Santos is that they have one game in hand compared to Vitória, the first team above the relegation zone, who are one point ahead. The downside is that among the remaining opponents are Flamengo, Mirassol, and Cruzeiro, all of whom are in the top four of the rankings.

On Thursday night, the São Paulo team lost away to Palmeiras (the leader) 2-0, and Neymar did not play. The reason was the fear of suffering an injury due to the synthetic grass at Allianz Arena, a surface that has been criticized several times by the forward.

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