Neymar may still play, and I do not think that he is expected to actually contribute much, the point is not to actually have him contribute a lot with his talents, which he can still do if he is healthy and plays well, but the point is marketing. It has always been like that, aside from Ronaldo, not that many players that got huge amounts of money got that much contribution.
Players like Benzema and Neymar got paid, but didn't do much at all, at least Benzema scored a few, but in the end the money paid to them wasn't too play well, it was for marketing purposes. I think that still works, and if they play, it's even better, even if they play badly that would still be a marketing, because "Neymar sucked" is a news and would still get attention to Saudi Arabian league.
For a player with that posseses the kind of fanbase Neymar enjoys, I understand what you mean and how his influence is going to positively affect the Saudi Pro League if he returns to playing for his club. But we just have to remember that it was injury that sidelined him and he has can't do much control when he'll be injured or not. It's been reported that he's back to training and will likely feature for his club in no distant time so let's keep believing he makes that come back sooner than expected. Players like Benzema and Neymar got paid, but didn't do much at all, at least Benzema scored a few, but in the end the money paid to them wasn't too play well, it was for marketing purposes. I think that still works, and if they play, it's even better, even if they play badly that would still be a marketing, because "Neymar sucked" is a news and would still get attention to Saudi Arabian league.
