Neymar will undergo surgery on his ankle and will miss the rest of the season for Messi’s PSG

not anymore. There is no choice but to stop and start again neymar, who will have surgery “in the next few days” on his right ankle in Doha, Qatar, and will be absent from the playing fields for “three to four months”. This was announced on Monday Paris Saint-Germainwhich will remain without the services of the Brazilian until the end of the season.

Neymar, who was injured on 19 February against Lille in a match in the French championship, “had several episodes of instability in his right ankle in recent years”for which “the medical staff of Paris SG has recommended a ligament repair operation in order to avoid a greater risk of recurrences”, specified the institution.

On 19 February, the Brazilian striker left the pitch on a stretcher, where shortly before he had been fundamental with an assist for Kylian Mbappé and a goal in the 2-0 run for the Parisian team, who ended up winning that afternoon with a heartbreaking goal from a Lionel Messi free-kick. It was only the second match that the trident of stars had shared since the restart after the World Cup in Qatar.

The number 10, who had already had problems with his right ankle in the last World Cup, left his teammates in the 51st minute, at the Parco dei Principi, when the score was in favor of PSG 2-1.

Neymar’s right ankle sprained in a play in which he was challenging Benjamin André for the ball. His teammates immediately called for assists with worried gestures.

On the ground, with tears in his eyes, the Brazilian tried to get up and walk before lying down on the stretcher with angry gestures, to leave the field with his head in his hands.

early trip

PSG has brought forward the trip to the German city of Munich for the second leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League, due to the national strike that will take place this Tuesday in France.

The Parisian side had planned to travel on Tuesday morning and organize training in the afternoon, which will conclude with a press conference by coach, Christophe Galtier, before Wednesday’s match.

However, PSG managers have brought forward this Monday afternoon’s trip to France, after training at the Camp del Loges facilities.

The aim is to avoid possible complications due to the day of strikes called in France by the trade unions to try to stop the pension reform project.

PSG, who start from behind after losing 0-1 to Bayern in the first leg, have coach Christophe Galtier in the habit of traveling on the eve of European matches, running at full speed and even having his last training session in Paris when these are short trips