- Neymar has not played for Brazil since his injury the knee in October 2023
- It has now been recalled after having undergone several reversals of injuries
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Neymar published a message to his fans on Instagram on Thursday after receiving a reminder to the Brazilian national team for the first time in almost 18 months.
The 33 -year -old has not represented his country since his serious knee injury in his match against Uruguay in October 2023.
The devastating blow occurred just a few weeks after his lucrative move to Saudi Arabia and he continued to play seven times for Al-Hilal after other injury setbacks.
But he returned to his childhood club Santos in January, and recorded six participations in seven outings, which led him to be chosen in the Brazilian team for their next qualifications of the World Cup on Thursday.
Neymar watched the announcement of the team live and shared a photo of himself by listening to the press conference of the boss of the national dorival junior team on Instagram.
In addition to the photo, Neymar wrote: “Happy to be back!”
Neymar told fans that he was “happy to be back” as reminded of the Brazilian national team for the first time in almost 18 months
Neymar suffered a serious knee injury by playing for Brazil against Uruguay in October 2023
He was stretched in agony, but now seems to have put his hell behind him
The international of 128 caps has been the Talisman of Brazil since its beginnings at 18 in 2010.
However, Dorival Junior urged fans and the media not to exert too much pressure on Neymar on his return after his long absence.
“There is no need to talk about what Neymar represents,” he said. “He currently recovers his form, we understand and are aware of it. But we believe that his capacities and qualities allow him to be able to overcome any situation on the ground.
“He is a player whose teammates (Brazil) themselves expressed publicly what he represents for the group.
“We were waiting for him to come back, this is the first opportunity that we could have it (since we recover from an injury). I hope he is very happy when he returns.
“Let us give him the confidence necessary to develop the best of his capacities, let us not create great expectations, do not make all the responsibilities upon his return.”
Brazil is currently fifth in its World Cup qualifying group and still has work to do to secure its place during the tournament next year.
They should face Colombia and the defending world champions in Argentina later this month.
