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Brazil all-time high scorer Neymar has stated he desires to play on the 2026 World Cup regardless of an harm absence of greater than 13 months from worldwide motion.
The 32-year-old broke Pele’s file by scoring the 78th of his 79 worldwide objectives throughout Brazil’s World Cup qualifier in opposition to Bolivia in September 2023 however ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament in opposition to Uruguay the next month.
“The World Cup is the objective for all gamers,” Neymar informed RMC. “I’ve already performed thrice [at the finals], and I wish to do a fourth.
“I’ve to be centered on that, put together effectively right here [at club side Al-Hilal] and have this medium-term goal after getting again in form at my membership.”
Rodygo helping Neymar to interrupt Pelé’s all-time goalscoring file for Brazil 🥺🇧🇷
Santos historical past 🤍 pic.twitter.com/dRWHMhONvE
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 9, 2023
Neymar harm comeback
Within the quick time period, Neymar’s comeback plans have been scuppered by an harm he suffered in a quick second look following his comeback for the Saudi Professional League staff.
Neymar was launched as a second-half substitute in Al-Hilal’s 3-0 win over Iranian opponents Esteghlal within the AFC Champions League Elite final month by lasted lower than half-hour earlier than pulling up.
Though Neymar described the harm as “hopefully nothing an excessive amount of”, he’s but so as to add to his seven video games for the membership who paid a reported price of greater than £71 million to signal him from Paris Saint-Germain in August 2023.
“Sadly, it isn’t a easy harm,” Al-Hilal coach Jorge Jesus stated on the time. “He appears to be affected by muscle ache and it isn’t a knee difficulty.”
🔹 Neymar undergoes scans pic.twitter.com/Gt7T4GxvKh
— AlHilal Saudi Membership (@Alhilal_EN) November 6, 2024
Neymar Al Hilal contract
There was hypothesis in Saudi Arabia that Al-Hilal is not going to re-register Neymar for the second half of their top-flight season.
He was not named of their squad for the primary half of the marketing campaign due to his harm however is allowed to play in worldwide competitions.
Brazil squad: Neymar to return?
Brazil should not in need of attacking choices, with the likes of Actual Madrid trio Vinicius Junior, Rodrygo and Endrick and Barcelona’s Raphinha to name upon.
After lacking two video games on the 2022 World Cup with an ankle harm, Neymar produced two objectives and one assists however was a part of a staff knocked out by Croatia within the quarter-finals.
The end result ensured he has by no means performed past the final eight of the event, having been ever-present and contributed two objectives and two assists earlier than Brazil had been knocked out at that stage by Belgium in 2018.
At his first World Cup in 2014, Neymar completed on 4 objectives and one help in 5 video games however missed Brazil’s 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany and 3-0 third-placed match loss to the Netherlands via harm.
