Soccer-Coutinho reunites with former Brazil teammate Neymar at Santos


Soccer Football - Brasileiro Championship - Santos v Cruzeiro - Estadio Urbano Caldeira, Santos, Brazil - September 12, 2026 Santos' Neymar and Gabriel Barbosa cheer from the stands during the match REUTERS/Thiago Bernardes

Sept 15 (Reuters) - Philippe ⁠Coutinho has reunited with his former ⁠Brazil teammate Neymar at Santos for ‌the rest of the season, the Brazilian top-flight club said on Monday.

Coutinhospent five years at Liverpool before ​joining Barcelona in January 2018, ⁠helping them win ⁠two LaLiga titles. The pair's time at ⁠Barcelona did ‌not overlap as Neymar left the Spanish side for Paris ⁠St Germain in August 2017.

Santos shared a ​video ‌of Coutinho's arrival, showing him entering the ⁠dressing room ​and being welcomed by Neymar.

"If it's a dream, I don't want to wake up," ⁠Neymar told Coutinho in the ​video.

The pair have never played together at club level.

Coutinho, who made his last appearance for ⁠Brazil in March 2022, returned to his boyhood club Vasco da Gama in 2024 but left the team in February ​this year.

Neymar, 34, returned ⁠to Santos last year. He announced his ​international retirement after Brazil's exit ‌from the World Cup ​in July.

(Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Purulia, India; Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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