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INJURED NEYMAR OUT FOR FOUR WEEKS

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Following the injury that the world’s most expensive footballer, Neymar, sustained after 12 minutes of Sunday’s clash of Brazil and Nigeria, the Paris St Germain forward will be out of action for four weeks.

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His club confirmed this on Monday while commenting on the thigh injury, the Brazilian sustained.

“Neymar underwent an MRI (scan) this afternoon… a medical check up will be done in eight days but his return to competition is expected in four weeks depending on the evolution (of the injury),” PSG said in a statement.

The striker is set to miss PSG’s two Champions League games against Club Brugge next week and on Nov 6.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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