Overview
- Santos medical coordinator Rodrigo Zogaib confirmed late Wednesday that Neymar has a right-calf edema and will miss immediate club matches while he rests and begins treatment.
- Club and the player's private medical team project a five-to-ten day recovery window and expect him to join Brazil’s training concentration on May 27 for assessment.
- Coach Carlo Ancelotti kept Neymar in the final 26-man World Cup roster and Brazil’s medical staff are monitoring his treatment remotely without naming a replacement for now.
- Brazil plans to use the May 31 farewell friendly at the Maracanã and the June 6 pre-tournament match in the U.S. as fitness checkpoints that will determine whether Neymar remains in the squad.
- Neymar’s recurring muscle problems raise the stakes for a fast, complication-free recovery and any setback in the coming tests could force a late roster change before Brazil’s June 13 opener.