Brazilian soccer superstar Nima suffered a serious injury during the crucial World Cup qualifier against Uruguay last month, resulting in him having to recuperate for up to 10 months. As a result, the striker had to bid an early farewell to the season, and his team, Hilal, had to endure the pain and make the decision to deregister Nima, freeing up a valuable foreign aid quota to stockpile their strength and find new stars to join them in the winter transfer window next January.
Nima, 31, moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Saudi Arabia's top club Hilal in the summer for a transfer fee of 90 million euros (HK$750 million). However, he made only five appearances for the team, contributing one goal and three assists, before saying goodbye to all matches this season due to injury, costing Hilal dearly. According to the rules of the Saudi League, each team has only 8 foreigner quotas, and Hilal had already used up their quotas during Nima's layoff. With Nima's prolonged absence, the club urgently adjusted its strategy and planned to temporarily withdraw Nima's player registration in order to bring in a new foreign player.
