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French club Paris Saint-Germain announced, on Monday, that its Brazilian international striker Neymar will undergo surgery “in the coming days” on his right ankle in Doha, and will be out of action for a period of “three to four months.”
And the capital team stated in a statement that Neymar, who was injured on February 19 during the match once morest Lille in the local league, “suffered from several bouts of instability in the right ankle in recent years, and the medical staff in Paris Saint-Germain recommended surgery to repair the ligament in order to avoid the risk of injury.” Repeated suffering,” specifying the period of absence from the stadiums between “3 and 4 months.”
And the diagnosis of the Parisian club’s medical staff greatly threatens the rest of the Brazilian international season, who had previously injured the same right ankle in the first match of the Selecao national team in the Qatar World Cup once morest Serbia, before returning to play in the final price.
The long absence of Neymar from the stadiums reminds of the bad memories of Saint-Germain, who was often denied the services of its Brazilian star in the past due to injury before important dates, and who awaits a decisive summit in his current season at the continental level, Wednesday, in the second leg of the Champions League final once morest Bayern Munich. After losing the first leg at home in the capital, 0-1.
Neymar was injured in the foot before the second leg of the final price of the prestigious continental competition once morest Real Madrid, Spain, in 2018. In 2019, “Nai” missed the final price once morest Manchester United, England, and in 2021, he was injured once more in the left adductor muscle before facing his team. The former Barcelona, Spain, in the final price, too.
Coach Christophe Galtier had talked regarding the absence of his Brazilian star, saying on Friday, “To tell you that Ney’s absence is ineffective, no. He is one of the best passers in the French League, and his absence is still a loss for us.”
Neymar shone brilliantly in the first part of the season before the World Cup in Qatar, before his level declined following the Selecao was knocked out in the quarter-finals by Croatia, and he seemed less brilliant on the French league and less physically able before he was seriously injured in front of Lille.