Behind the scenes footage of Neymar completing his Saudi his move to Al Hilal

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Behind the scenes as Brazil's Neymar Jr. completed Saudi his move to Al Hilal on Tuesday, after six seasons with Paris Saint-Germain.

The clubs reached an agreement on the transfer of the Brazil forward for a reported 90 million euros ($98 million).

The 31-year-old Neymar signed a two-year contract that is expected to earn him an annual salary of about $100 million. That would be around half of the reported salary being taken home by Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Al Nassr and whose move to Saudi in January sparked a slew of transfers to the kingdom by players like Karim Benzema, N'Golo Kante, Riyad Mahrez and Jordan Henderson.

PSG confirmed the departure of Neymar in a statement, with president Nasser Al-Khelaifi describing him as “one of the best players in the world.”

Yet he never won the Champions League with PSG after his move from Barcelona for 222 million euros (now $244 million), which remains a world-record transfer fee in soccer.

Neymar reportedly wanted to rejoin Barcelona but the Spanish club couldn't afford the financial package required for the transfer. No other top European club was willing — or wealthy enough — to sign Neymar, who has struggled with injuries in recent years.

He was an undoubtedly talented yet often frustrating figure at the PSG, which put together a star-studded forward line of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi and now only has one of them left.

Messi joined Inter Miami this offseason and Mbappe has one year left on his deal, after which he is likely to move to Real Madrid.

Mbappe has been mired in a transfer standoff with PSG and was the subject of an offer by Al Hilal, which he turned down. The French club said Sunday it has had “constructive and positive talks" with Mbappe.

Al Hilal also has Brazilian winger Malcom, Portugal midfielder Rúben Neves and Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly in its squad.

Malcom and Neves were the subjects of the two previous most expensive transfer fees paid by a Saudi club — at a reported 60 million euros ($65 million) and 55 million euros ($60 million) from Wolverhampton, respectively.

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