An official statement from Paris Saint-Germain confirms that Brazilian No.10 Neymar has suffered a new injury to his right ankle this time and will require surgery.
The recovery period is estimated to be three to four months, making it his most prolonged injury spell since he joined Ligue 1.
As a result of this setback, Neymar will not participate in the Champions League round of 16-second leg against Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. This is not the first time the Canarinha star has missed important knockout games, having previously sat out matches against Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Barcelona.
Since joining PSG in the 2017-2018 season, Neymar has been absent for approximately 731 days due to injuries, equivalent to two full years. This means that he has missed one out of every two seasons he has played for the Parisian club.
During his time at PSG, Neymar has missed a total of 104 games out of 173 appearances across all competitions. In other words, he has been injured in approximately 37.5% of the matches in which he has been available to play for the club.
Neymar’s injury list at PSG
According to Transfermarkt data, these are the Brazilian player’s injuries in the last six seasons:
22/23 – Ankle surgery, since 20/02/2023
22/23 – Ankle injury, from 25/11/2022 to 04/12/2022
21/22 – Lack of match fitness, from 11/02/2022 to 13/02/2022
21/22 – Ankle injury, from 11/29/2021 to 10/02/2022
21/22 – Adductor discomfort, from 15/11/2021 to 18/11/2021
21/22 – Adductor discomfort, from 16/10/2021 to 23/10/2021
21/22 – Lack of match fitness, from 01/08/2021 to 26/08/2021
20/21 – Adductor discomfort, from 11/02/2021 to 19/03/2021
20/21 – Ankle problems, from 14/12/2020 until 10/01/2021
20/21 – Adductor discomfort, from 28/10/2020 to 19/11/2020
20/21 – Coronavirus, from 02/09/2020 to 11/09/2020
19/20 – Bruised ribs, from 03/02/2020 to 16/02/2020
19/20 – Thigh injury, from 14/10/2019 to 20/11/2019
19/20 – Lack of match fitness, from 10/08/2019 to 06/09/2019
18/19 – Ankle ligament rupture, from 07/06/2019 to 09/08/2019
18/19 – Metatarsal fracture, from 24/01/2019 to 19/04/2019
18/19 – Adductor Discomfort, from 03/12/2018 to 22/12/2018
18/19 – Adductor discomfort, from 21/11/2018, to 7/11/2018
17/18 – Metatarsal fracture, from 26/02/2018 to 27/05/2018
17/18 – Thigh problems, from 19/01/2018 until 25/01/2018
17/18 – Knock, from 11/01/2018 to 15/01/2018
17/18 – Minor injury, from 02/11/2017 to 13/11/2017
17/18 – Minor injury, from 21/09/2017 until 25/09/2017
