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Neymar upbeat over fitness ahead of PSG return
SAO PAULO, July 14, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Neymar says he has recovered “almost 100
percent” from the ankle injury that ruled him out of Brazil’s victorious Copa
America campaign.
The world’s most expensive player was speaking Saturday in Sao Paulo ahead
of his belated return to his club Paris Saint-Germain on Monday.
PSG were upset at Neymar’s no-show at the resumption of training last week,
an absence that fuelled speculation of his possible departure back to
Barcelona.
But both the player and his father had insisted he had prior agreement from
PSG to stay in Brazil to help his foundation, the Neymar Institute.
Of his state of fitness he told Brazilian media Globoesports and UOL: “I’ve
recovered almost 100 percent, all that’s missing is training.”
Interviewed on the Parida Grande beach, Neymar took part in a five-side
tournament organised by his charity.
He ducked any questions regarding his future at PSG whose sporting director
Leonardo said last week that “Neymar can leave PSG if there is an offer that
suits everybody”.
When he missed last Monday’s first training session PSG issued a statement
declaring they would take “appropriate action” against the star who joined
them from Barca in 2017 for 222 million euros ($252 million).
BSS/AFP/MSY/0904 hrs