Returning to Paris for the recovery set by the club, Neymar is not operational after the tests passed on Monday. PSG can still wait a while before returning to competition.
After his break taken to return to Brazil for a few days, Neymar was at the meeting set by Paris SG for the resumption of training. That’s the official term for what is effectively a season opener. The players will have gone to the new training center in Poissy to take stock of their state of form, but Neymar was able to take his tests at the American hospital in Neuilly. It must be said that the Brazilian requires special attention, he who is coming out of a big ankle injury contracted last February, and then made the decision to have surgery to try to completely get rid of this recurring problem. In the past with PSG or at the last World Cup with Brazil, he had been handicapped by his weakened ankles, and now hopes to put all these glitches behind him.
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This is also the wish of the capital club, which has decided to take its time in this matter. It must be said that Paris SG is in no hurry, the chances of actually being able to sell Neymar are extremely low given his current contract and his physical concerns. Even the will of the Emir of Qatar to get rid of a player who makes fun of his club a little in his eyes, will not change anything. As a result, we must once again believe in the redemption of the former Barcelona player, and his ability to regain his best level.
For that, we will have to be patient, because his return to competition is still far away. Indeed, L’Equipe reveals that the tests taken on Monday did not really have satisfactory results. If there is no major hitch, a return to competition is considered still complicated, which already rules out its presence for the recovery, and probably for the whole month of August. A period not necessarily crucial, even if it would have allowed the “Ney” to integrate into the group and to blend into the system that Luis Enrique intends to put in place. Even his presence during the next training sessions will not ensure a quick return of the Brazilian, who was initially supposed to be absent for three or four months, and will in reality probably be absent for more than six months.
