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Neymar Fires Dig At Ligue 1 After Saudi Switch

Neymar Fires Dig At Ligue 1 After Saudi Switch

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - AUGUST 19: Neymar Jr of Al Nassr FC meets the fans while halftime during the Saudi Pro League football match between Al Hilal Saudi FC and Al-Fayha atPrince Faisal Bin Fahad on August 19, 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images)

Former Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar has fired a dig at the French league after making the switch to the Saudi Pro League last month.

The Brazilian ended his six-year stint with the Paris outfit after completing a move to Al-Hilal, joining a number of other high-profile footballers to leave Europe for Saudi Arabia.

Neymar feels with some big names moving to Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Pro League might be better than the French top-flight.

Read: Neymar Dreams Of Return To Former Club

"I guarantee you the football is the same. The ball is round, there are goals." Neymar said, as per Marca. 

"And with all the names in the Saudi League today, it might be better than the French league.

"The training pace is intense, the thirst to win is great. I want to win titles with Al-Hilal.

"Nothing changes in my head. People say that the championship is not known, that it is weak… everyone said that when I went to the French championship and it was the place where I suffered the most in.

"It's not going to be easy to win the Saudi championship because there are other teams that have gotten stronger, there are well-known players and I'm sure it's going to be a very interesting league and that you're going to see it."

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