RIYAD.- The Brazilian star Neymar He will be out for four to six weeks after the medical tests he underwent revealed a hamstring injury, his club announced this Wednesday. Al Hilal.
Neymar, 32, reappeared on October 21 with his team, after more than a year out due to a serious injury to the cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee, which occurred on October 17, 2023 playing with his team a qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup against Uruguay.
Neymar entered the field at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh on Monday in the 58th minute when his team was already winning 2-0 against Esteghlal (3-0 final result), but he had to leave just 27 minutes later after noticing pain in his thigh. right.
“He will follow a treatment and rehabilitation program for four to six weeks,” Al Hilal said on his social networks.
“He is going to have muscular problems until we achieve muscular, physical rebalance. Until we achieve it, this will happen often,” his coach, Jorge Jesus, warned on Monday.
Does not set off alarms
The top scorer in the history of the Seleçao explained through Instagram that he felt “like a cramp, but very strong” and assured that what happened “is normal after a year (without playing), the doctors already warn you, that’s why “I have to be careful and have more playing time.”
Neymar’s long-term goal is to be able to regain his form and be with Brazil in the 2026 World Cup, although for the moment coach Dorival Júnior had not included him in his squad for the Seleçao’s next duels in the South American qualifiers, against Venezuela. and Uruguay on the double date this November.
According to the media, Neymar, signed last year by Al Hilal, has an annual salary of 112 million dollars.
