Neymar is ready to be sidelined for the remainder of the season after Paris Saint-Germain mentioned on Monday the ahead requires ankle surgical procedure and shall be out of motion for 3 to 4 months.

The Brazilian, who injured his ankle on February 19 towards Lille in Ligue 1, “has had several episodes of instability in his right ankle in recent years,” mentioned the membership, including that its medical workers “recommended a ligament repair operation to avoid a major risk of recurrence”.

Qatar-owned PSG mentioned Neymar would go beneath the knife in Doha “in the next few days” and mentioned it will take “three to four months before he can return to training with the team”.

That would seem to finish any prospect of Neymar taking part in once more this season, with the Ligue 1 season resulting from finish on June 3 and the Champions League ultimate, if PSG had been to get there, every week later in Istanbul.

PSG, nonetheless ready for a maiden Champions League title, will bid to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit within the final 16 towards Bayern Munich in Germany on Wednesday.

Neymar, who has scored 18 targets in all competitions for his membership this season, was in nice type for the French champions earlier than the World Cup break.

But the 31-year-old has netted solely thrice in 9 appearances since getting back from Qatar, the place he injured the identical ankle taking part in for Brazil.

He got here off with a sprain in his nation’s 2-0 win over Serbia of their opening recreation and did not play once more within the group stage.

The ex-Barcelona man returned within the knockout rounds however Brazil misplaced to Croatia on penalties within the quarter-finals, regardless of Neymar placing them forward in further time in that recreation.

Neymar’s health has recurrently been a priority for PSG, ever since he signed from Barcelona for a world-record payment of 222 million euros ($264m) in 2017.

In his first season at PSG, a fractured metatarsal dominated him out of the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie towards Real Madrid, which they misplaced.

He did not play once more for his membership that season and confronted a race towards time to be match to play for Brazil at that yr’s World Cup in Russia.

The following yr one other metatarsal damage noticed him miss the last-16 tie towards Manchester United as they once more went out within the first knockout spherical.

Neymar has scored 118 targets in 173 video games for PSG, however has missed greater than 100 video games due both to damage or suspension.

PSG are additionally with out Presnel Kimpembe towards Bayern on Wednesday, with the France centre-back set to overlook the remainder of the season resulting from an achilles damage.

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