Daily Mirror

LAME...AAH! NEYMAR FACES RACE TO MAKE THE WORLD CUP

- BY NEIL McLEMAN

NEYMAR will undergo surgery on his broken foot tomorrow – and faces a race against time to be fit for the World Cup.

The world’s most expensive player arrrived in Brazil in a wheelchair for an operation

FROM BACK PAGE on the fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle suffered for Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday.

Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said the striker could take three months to recover.

Brazil play their first match in Russia on June 17 against Switzerlan­d.

Lasmar said: “The recovery period will be up to three months. Neymar’s upset and down, of course.

“But he understand­s that there is no option now other than to recuperate.”

 ??  ?? CROCK Neymar’s wheeled through RIo Airport on his way to hospital
CROCK Neymar’s wheeled through RIo Airport on his way to hospital

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