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Neto Criticizes Fenerbahçe: “I Was Dismissed Immediately After My Injury, I Was Completely Alone”

Published January 8, 2026, 16:13
Neto Criticizes Fenerbahçe: “I Was Dismissed Immediately After My Injury, I Was Completely Alone”

Raúl Neto has strongly criticized Fenerbahçe for the way the club treated him after his serious injury. The Brazilian guard, who injured his knee during the pre-Olympic tournament in Riga in 2024, stated that the team dismissed him immediately after the diagnosis and left him to deal with rehabilitation and physiotherapy on his own. Neto emphasized that Fenerbahçe's behavior was unacceptable and that no athlete should have to experience such a situation. He expresses his disappointment with the lack of support from the club during a difficult period in his career. “The worst thing that can happen to an athlete is an injury. I experienced one of the most serious injuries you can have in basketball. As soon as I got injured, they fired me from the team. I was almost completely alone. I trained alone, did physiotherapy and handled everything myself,” he stated.