Paris Saint-Germain has shown that Neymar will play again this year after suffering a sprained ankle in last week’s 1-0 home defeat to Olympique Lyonnais in Ligue 1.
Brazil’s foreigner was left in arrears after a scissor shot that earned Thiago Mendes a red card and OL then publicly apologized to his compatriot and wanted him to recover quickly.
If 28-year-old Neymar does not play Lille OSC on Sunday or RC Strasbourg Alsace next Wednesday, PSG has made it clear that his signing of 222 million euros from the summer of 2017 will bring him back to the festival in January.
CBS Sports resources had indicated that this would be the case the previous week before coach Thomas Tuchel warned that the South American could return to Pierre Mauroy Stadium before the house’s 2-0 win over FC Lorient.
“After a sprained left ankle,” it is read in the official parisian medical bulletin. “He’s got bruises on his bone, and he’s still going through a remedy in the educational field. Neymar is expected to return in January. “
Neymar once scored against RB Leipzig, twice against Manchester United and a hat-trick against Istanbul Basaksehir (the former was voted the most productive goal of the level of organization) for absolutely PSG’s fortune in Group H of the Champions League and will now face former Blue Club and former partner Lionel Messi in the 16th circular.
PSG also showed that Captain Marquinhos would return for this weekend’s clash, but that Tuchel will have to dispense with Danilo Pereira, Pablo Sarabia, Mauro Icardi, Abdou Diallo and Juan Bernat for injury.
The German also revealed at his press conference that PSG had granted its players nine days off and would resume on 3 January.
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