Last Updated: October 19, 2023, 09:33 IST
Neymar for Al-Hilal. (Credit: Twitter)
Neymar’s participation is in doubt in Al Hilal’s AFC Champions League conflict in opposition to Mumbai City FC, at Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium.
Football famous person Neymar has a torn ligament and meniscus in his left knee and should bear surgical procedure after being injured throughout Brazil’s 2-0 loss to Uruguay, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) mentioned Wednesday. This growth has forged doubt on Neymar’s participation in Al Hilal’s AFC Champions League conflict in opposition to Mumbai City FC, which is slated for November 19 in Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium.
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The 31-12 months-outdated, who joined Saudi Arabian facet Al Hilal from Paris Saint-Germain in August, was stretchered off in tears simply earlier than halftime in Brazil’s 2026 World Cup qualifying match in Montevideo Tuesday.
Neymar will bear surgical procedure for the accidents at a “yet-to-be-determined date,” the CBF mentioned, after a sequence of medical exams on the participant in Sao Paulo.
“Brazilian and world football need Neymar healthy and recovered because football is happier when he’s on the pitch,” CBF president Ednaldo Rodrigues mentioned in an announcement.
The CBF mentioned its medical division and Al Hilal are in “constant contact” and “aligned” on serving to the striker get better.
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Neymar, who overtook Pele as Brazil’s all-time high objective scorer final month, twisted his knee in a collision with Uruguayan midfielder Nicolas de la Cruz in stoppage time close to the tip of the primary half.
Carried off on a stretcher, he left the stadium on crutches and carrying a leg brace after the match.
It is the most recent in a string of accidents for the star, who underwent surgical procedure in March for an ankle drawback that sidelined him for six months.
Fitness issues overshadowed a lot of his six seasons at PSG, which signed him for a world-document $234 million (222 million euros) in 2017.
He signed for Al Hilal for a reported $95 million again in August.
Knee accidents are among the many commonest — and critical — in soccer.
The CBF mentioned Neymar’s harm was to his anterior cruciate ligament, one of the worst of all.
Surgery to restore the situation usually takes gamers out of motion for months at a time.
(With inputs from Agencies)
