March 1 – Any slight chance the world’s most expensive player had of making his club’s most important game of the season has been ruled out with the news that Neymar will have surgery after suffering a fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle.
The injury occurred in Sunday’s league win over Marseille ruling the Brazilian out of Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 second-leg clash against Real Madrid.
PSG coach Unai Emery initially said Neymar had a “small chance” of facing Real, who lead 3-1, but the club now says he will be operated on in Brazil at the end of the week.
The striker joined PSG for a world record £200m fee from Barcelona last August and has scored 29 goals in 30 games.
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