After Paris Saint-Germain announced that Neymar had undergone surgery and the end of his season due to injury, new months joined the series of absences of the Brazilian star from his French club, which recorded very long periods.
Neymar suffered a sprained ankle, in the match that brought together Paris Saint-Germain and Lille in the League on February 19, to leave the stadium crying.
His club said in a statement on its website, Monday: “Neymar will undergo surgery in Qatar, and he will not return to group training for a period ranging between 3 to 4 months.”
This means that Neymar will miss the upcoming confrontation in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16, hosted by Bayern Munich, on Wednesday, and that the skilled striker missed at least one match in this role in the 2017-2018 seasons (against Real Madrid, Spain) and 2018-2019. (against Manchester United, England), 2020-2021 (against Barcelona, Spain), and 2021-2022 (against Real Madrid).
Neymar did not participate in the home and away matches in the round of 16 of the Champions League, except in one season since joining Paris Saint-Germain, which is 2019-2020, when he faced Borussia Dortmund.
Two years out of action
According to a statistic published by the Spanish sports newspaper “Marca”, the absence of the No. 10 jersey from Paris Saint-Germain will reach more than 730 days when adding the recent injury and surgery, that is, about two AD years.
Neymar joined the French team in the summer of 2017 from Barcelona for 222 million euros, in the largest deal known to football in its history.
So far, Neymar has not appeared in 104 meetings with Paris Saint-Germain due to injuries, and he has played 173 matches, bringing the absence rate to about 37.5 percent of the matches.
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This is a list of Neymar’s absences with Paris Saint-Germain during the last six seasons:
Season 2017-2018
• A minor injury and absence from September 21 to 25, 2017.
• A minor injury and absence from 2 to 13 November 2017.
• Bruise and absence from January 11 to 15, 2018.
• A thigh injury and absence from January 19 to 25, 2018.
• A metatarsal fracture and absence from February 26 to May 27, 2018.
Season 2018-2019
• A connective muscle injury and absence from 7 to 21 November 2018.
• Recurrence of the same injury and absence from 3 to 22 December 2018.
• A metatarsal fracture and absence from January 24 to April 19, 2019.
Ankle ligament rupture and absence from June 7 to August 9, 2019.
Season 2019-2020
• Poor physical fitness and absence from August 10 to September 6, 2019.
• A thigh injury and absence from October 14 to November 20, 2019.
A bruised rib and an absence from 3 to 16 February 2020.
Season 2020-2021
• Infected with the Corona virus and absent from 2 to 11 September 2020.
A connective muscle injury and absence from October 28 to November 19, 2020.
Ankle injury and absence from December 14, 2020 to January 10, 2021.
A connective muscle injury and absence from February 11 to March 19, 2021.
Season 2021-2022
• Lack of physical fitness and absence from August 1 to 26, 2021.
A connective muscle injury and absence from October 16 to 23, 2021.
Recurrence of the same injury and absence from November 15 to 18, 2021.
Ankle injury and absence from November 29, 2021 to February 10, 2022.
Season 2022-2023
Ankle injury and absence from November 25 to December 4, 2022.
• Repeating the same injury and absence from February 20 to the end of the season.
