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Neymar returns to PSG training ground and works

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7 years ago

May 5, 2018

Neymar returned to the Paris Saint- Germain training centre on Saturday and the club tweeted photos of the Brazilian star working out in the gym .
The pictures showed the world ’ s most expensive player grimacing as he lifted weights and working out on leg – strengthening equipment . One photo showed him walking barefoot in a sand -covered area used by players returning from injury.

Neymar flew back into France on Friday to rejoin the club after an operation on a broken foot bone in March .

He has made clear that his main target is to be fit to play for Brazil in the World Cup in Russia , which kicks off in 40 days .

The chances of Neymar adding to his 30 appearances this season for PSG , who paid 222 million euros ($ 263 million ) for him last summer , seem slim .

Neymar is expected to watch from the stands at the Stade de France on Tuesday when PSG take on third – division Les Herbiers in the French Cup final . He should then take part in the league title celebration next Saturday when PSG entertain Rennes at the Parc des Princes .

After that , PSG have just one match , away to Caen on May 19 .

Brazil team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar , who operated on Neymar , told Folha , a Sao Paulo newspaper , that the goal is to have the player “100 percent fit for the start of training camp ” in Brazil on May 21 .

Meanwhile , rumours over Neymar ’s future continue to swirl in Spain with sports daily Marca saying on Sunday that the striker wants “to play with CR 7 ”, that is Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid .