Between participation in the 2026 World Cup and the rescue mission of his club Santos, would Neymar have chosen? The question deserves to be asked in any case after the surprise reappearance of the Brazilian player this Wednesday in training. While an absence until the end of December was mentioned, it seems that the “Ney” ignored the doctors’ recommendations.
Victim of a lesion of the meniscus of the left knee on November 19 during the draw between Santos and Mirasol (1-1), Neymar seems good for another long period of rest. According to local media, we should not expect his return before the beginning of 2026. Except that the former FC Barcelona man decided otherwise. This is how he took part in collective training on Wednesday.
However, the doctors suggested an arthroscopy followed by a period without the slightest effort for his knee. According to
Globo Esporte
who regularly gives his news, Neymar wants to be on a mission. He wants to help Santos save themselves from an increasingly threatening relegation. Three days before the end of the championship, Santos is in seventeenth place, synonymous with descent.
Neymar followed very closely
The club’s chance is to face two other relegated players, namely Recife (long assured of going down) and Juventude. The last opponent is much tougher since it is Cruzeiro, third and still in the fight for the title (even if the mission seems complicated with seven points behind the leader, Flamengo). In the meantime, Neymar will be entitled to very special monitoring, including medical tests after each of his training sessions.
He also wore a protective knee brace. Still not in Carlo Ancelotti’s little papers for the 2026 World Cup with Brazil, Neymar clearly seems to have chosen to give everything for Santos.
