Neymar has arrived in Saudi Arabia after agreeing a deal to move from French side Paris Saint-Germain to the Saudi Pro League.
The forward landed at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport having departed PSG to join Al-Hilal.
He was photographed boarding a largely empty jumbo jet in Paris and later landing in the Middle Eastern nation.
The 31-year-old was wearing a cream tracksuit and a large diamond-encrusted cross as he left for the the conservative Islamic country.
On his arrival, he draped an Al-Hilal scarf around his shoulders as he was greeted and was given a bouquet of flowers by his hosts.
Neymar agreed a £86.3m deal to join the Saudi Pro League earlier this month, adding to the list of big names to leave Europe for the fabulously well-paid Arabian competition.
He spent some time signing autographs for fans as he made his way through the airport.
The Brazilian will take home £129.2m a year in Saudi Arabia, according to Sky Sports News – six times the amount he earned at PSG.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane are among the football stars to have also made the move to the Saudi Pro League.
Neymar’s new club, Al-Hilal, is one of four Saudi clubs to have been effectively nationalised by the state-run Public Investment Fund (PIF), which claims assets of about £550bn.
They include the LIV Golf series that challenged the PGA Tour before the two organisations agreed to join forces.
PIF is chaired by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose ambitions in global sports have become a signature policy.
