The seeds follow one another for Neymar. Currently injured, the attacking midfielder will not be able to return under the colors of Santos for several weeks, said the president of the Brazilian club, Marcelo Teixeira on Sunday. According to the forecasts of the medical team, Neymar should come back “to help the team” from November, for the last days of the championship, which ends on December 6 and 7 and in which the club fights to avoid relegation.
The 33-year-old, who suffers from a lesion of the femoral muscle of the right thigh contracted during training in mid-September, has to continue his rehabilitation process for about six weeks, the doctors announced. Since his return to the São Paulo team at the start of the year, “Ney” has undergone several injuries that prevented him from playing regularly with the club in the league. In total, he played 21 games and scored six goals.
Five points in front of the red zone
His physical problems did not also allow him to return to Brazilian selection to participate in the last qualification games for the 2026 World Cup. The number 10 has not put on the yellow and green jersey since October 2023, when he suffered a break in the cross-knee of the left knee during the 2-0 defeat against Uruguay in Montevideo.
This serious injury, which occurred two months after arriving in Ryad, held him dismissed for a year and he only played seven games with Al-Hilal, for a goal and three assists. Santos was drawn on Sunday (2-2) on Sunday when he traveled to Bragantino, a result that placed him just before the relegation area with 27 points, five more than Juvenitude, the first team in the red zone.
