Neymar continues road to recovery for PSG with indoor session
Neymar continues road to recovery following two-month lay-off due to ankle injury with indoor session… while Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Lionel Messi is also pushing for start ahead of French Cup tie after making return from Covid at weekend
- Neymar has been out for two months following an injury to his left ankle
- PSG confirmed the 29-year-old was running again in training earlier this week
- But now the reconditioning phase of his recovery has begun with indoor session
- The pictures come just a few days after Lionel Messi made his return from Covid
Neymar has stepped up his recovery from an ankle injury after taking part in an indoor session on Thursday.
Paris Saint-Germain confirmed on Wednesday the 29-year-old Brazilian has started running again in training, two months after injuring his left ankle.
And the club then posted images on Twitter of him working with a football and other gym equipment as he continues his reconditioning phase of his recovery.
Neymar has stepped up his recovery from an ankle injury after taking part in an indoor session
The club posted images of him working with gym equipment in reconditioning phase
Paris Saint-Germain confirmed the 29-year-old Brazilian has started running again
The Brazil forward suffered the ligament injury during PSG’s victory at Saint-Etienne in November, with club doctors ruling him out for six to eight weeks.
But a PSG medical report on Wednesday read: ‘Neymar has today started running again and is now beginning the reconditioning phase on the pitch.’
The former Barcelona star’s return to the training pitch comes just a few days after Lionel Messi made his comeback from Covid.
Messi missed his side’s Ligue 1 clashes with Lyon and Brest due to the virus, but came off the bench on Sunday to play the final 27 minutes of their 4-0 win against Reims.
The Brazil forward suffered the ligament injury during PSG’s victory at Saint-Etienne in November
Team-mate Lionel Messi will also be pushing for a start after making his return from Covid
The Argentina international will now be pushing for a start when the Ligue 1 giants face Nice in the round of 16 in the French Cup on Monday, before facing current league champions Lille on Sunday.
PSG also have a mouthwatering and crucial last-16 tie against Real Madrid in the Champions League next month.
However, Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni has revealed that Lionel Messi is still suffering from the effects of having Covid, after he contracted the ‘roughest variant’ during the winter break.
He came off the bench on Sunday to play the final 27 minutes of their 4-0 win against Reims
Messi was not called up for Argentina’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers with Chile and Colombia due to the fact that he has still not 100 per cent fully recovered from the virus, according to Scaloni.
‘I talked to (Messi) after he tested positive for COVID,’ Scaloni told a press conference on Wednesday. ‘It affected him a lot, he had the roughest variant.
‘It is important that he recovers, feels fit because there will be important moments ahead. I felt that it was not ideal for him to joins us [on international duty this weekend] not being at 100 per cent. He was affected for a some time.’
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