Neymar will miss the 2024 Copa America, Brazil’s doctor has confirmed

Brazil’s national team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said Neymar’s return until the start of the European season in August 2024 is the most convenient thing.

Brazil — Forward Brazil, NeymarYou will lose Copa America 2024 In October due to a knee injury in the United States, Brazil’s team doctor said. Rodrigo Lasmar.

The Al Hilal star suffered a torn ACL and meniscus in his knee during the World Cup qualifying defeat. Uruguay, On October 17.

The America’s Cup It will start on June 20 and the final will end on July 14.

“It’s too soon,” he said. Lasmar Brazilian radio station Rede 98, An interview was also published on video through social networks. “There is no point in taking unnecessary risks, barring immediate recovery measures. Our expectation is that he will be ready to return in August, at the start of the 2024 season in Europe.”

“We have to be patient. It is premature to talk about returning before nine months, this is a universal concept for recovery from knee ligament surgery. It is very important to respect the biological time, the time the body takes to rebuild that ligament.

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In an interview with the Filhos da Pauta (FDP) program, this third day, Brazil’s Seleção doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed that attacker Neymar is not out of the 2024 Copa America.https://t.co/0u4GuYicim pic.twitter.com/G1gctPmxCJ

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Following those steps, after a long recovery, he is expected to perform at a high level again.

Neymar Brazil’s all-time top scorer with 79 goals in 129 matches.

Brazil Colombia, Paraguay and the winner of a playoff between Costa Rica and Honduras were selected for next year’s Copa America Group D.

Earlier, it was announced that Brazil will face Mexico on June 8.

This is the second time America’s Cup It will be hosted by the United States after the 2016 edition, with six Concacaf teams joining 10 teams from South America.

Six years later Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar He joined Al Hilal of the Saudi Professional League in August for a fee of US$90 million ($98.6 million). He only made five appearances for the club before the injury, scoring one goal.