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Neymar Injury & World Cup 2026: Brazil’s Hope & Recovery

by drbyos

FIFA World Cup 2026: Will superstar Neymar play for Brazil in 2026 FIFA World Cup? Fans are hopeful after the knee surgery was successful. He last played for the country two years ago.

Highlight:

  • Knee surgery successful
  • Hoping to make it to the World Cup team
  • Played for Brazil 2 years ago
Neymar’s knee surgery a success(Photos– Agencies)
Brazilian superstar Neymar last played for the former world champions two years ago. He has yet to pull on the famous yellow shirt since his debut against Uruguay in 2023. A chronic injury to his left knee has been bothering the star at times. Yesterday, his club Santos informed fans that Neymar had a successful knee surgery. Neymar played through pain to avoid Santos’ relegation from Brazil’s top football league and played a few games. The 33-year-old has had a difficult season with Santos.

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Neymar moved to the home country club from the Saudi Pro League. Neymar, who joined Al Hilal for a huge amount of money, could not shine in the Saudi Pro League where Cristiano Ronaldo roams. Due to injury, he only bowled in a handful of matches. The Saudi club also lost a lot when Neymar went through bitter seasons.
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Al Hilal signed Neymar from French club PSG in August 2023 for a fee of around €90 million ($98 million). But he could only play seven matches due to injuries. Scored one goal and assisted three times. Al Hilal then left by mutual agreement.
He is the top scorer for Brazil in international matches. Scored 79 goals in 128 matches. Fans are hoping that Neymar will return to the Brazil team when the FIFA World Cup takes place in June-July 2026. Neymar announced the successful completion of his surgery on social media.
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Neymar is expected to need a month’s rest. Let’s wait and see if Neymar will be in Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti’s plans. Brazil did not perform well in the World Cup qualifiers.

Neymar’s contract with Santos expires this year. Negotiations are underway to renew the contract. Al Hilal was a Barcelona star before playing for PSG clubs.

Nishad Amin

About the authorNishad AminWorking in media for 17 years. Graduated in Mass Communication from University of Calicut, PG Diploma in Television Journalism from Calicut Press Club and Masters in English Literature. He was a journalist in Saudi Arabia for seven years. He has also worked as the General Secretary of the Indian Media Forum in Saudi Arabia. Worked as Senior Sub-Editor, Gulf News Editor and Senior Reporter in Suprabhatam, Malayalam News and Tejas dailies and in various bureaus and editorial desks in Kerala and Gulf in New Delhi, Riyadh, Jeddah and UAE. Currently writing sports articles in Malayalam.… read more