Forget CL clash against Real, Brazil’s Neymar in race against time to be fit for World Cup
Neymar will undergo surgery this weekend that will keep him out for up to three months but Brazil’s trainer said on Thursday the Paris St Germain striker would definitely be ready for the start of the World Cup in mid-June.
The world’s most expensive footballer arrived in Brazil on Thursday and will undergo surgery on a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle in Belo Horizonte on Saturday.
The doctor set to perform the operation said the typical recovery period is two and a half to three months, which would mean Neymar is back playing by mid-May at the earliest – just a month before Brazil kick off their World Cup campaign.
However, the trainer calmed nerves in his homeland by promising the 26-year would be ready for their opener against Switzerland on June 17.
“I am certain (he will be ready),” Fabio Mahseredjian told TV Globo. “I can affirm that there is sufficient time for him to be ready for the first match in the World Cup. Neymar will be there with very few games or training sessions under his belt, basically as if it is the start of the season.
“The surgery will mean he has a physical deconditioning, he will have lost some …read more
