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Will Neymar still play this season? How does his ankle and future at PSG look?

Brazilian Neymar’s season over? Doctors have recommended surgery that would rule him out for the rest of the season. Will we see him in a PSG jersey again?

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2 years ago

7. 3. 2023

Martin Zajic

Brazilian Neymar’s season over? Doctors have recommended surgery that would rule him out for the rest of the season. Will we see him in a PSG jersey again?

Two weeks ago, the club’s biggest stars saved Paris Saint-Germain another disaster. In a home match against Lille, PSG players turned the game around in stoppage time thanks to a direct free kick from Lionel Messi.

But the wrinkles on the forehead of coach Christophe Galtier were due to the injury of one of the team’s biggest stars, Brazilian Neymar. He was carried off the pitch on a stretcher shortly after the change of sides due to an ankle injury.

It turned out to be more serious than expected. The club confirmed on their official website the information that the ligaments in the ankle are in such a state due to his previous injuries that the player will have to undergo surgery.

This will rule him out of training for four months, which practically means that we won’t see him on the pitch again this season. For Galtier and the club’s management, this means a serious complication from a sporting and commercial point of view.

While PSG are top of the table in the top French competition with an eight-point lead, tomorrow the star team will have to fight to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. The French giants travel to Munich to try to make up for a one-goal deficit at Bayern and Neymar will certainly be missed by his teammates at the Allianz Arena.

But the complication is not just from a sporting point of view. In fact, the Brazilian’s stay at the club is being discussed in the media. Even before the announcement of the seriousness of the injury, there were already reports that the club’s management was considering the departure of their attacking star.

Thus, selling the 31-year-old forward, who has been laboring with frequent injuries in recent years, would not be easy given the player’s salary. However, the footballer himself believes that he will come back even stronger.