Neymar resumes recovery in Paris with eye on World Cup

Paris May 6 (IANS) Brazilian superstar forward Neymar Jr resumed rehabilitation work at Paris Saint-Germain s training facilities and could play for the Ligue 1 side in its last match of the season on May 19 less than a month before Brazil s first contest at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Images on PSG s Web site show the former FC Barcelona player who broke the fifth metatarsal bone in his right foot during a February 25 match against Marseille lifting weights and doing other rehab work.

"@neymarjr is back at work at the Ooredoo Training Centre " the club tweeted on Saturday.

Neymar began the session doing muscle-strengthening exercises and then worked out at a sand-covered outdoor rehab area.

Brazil s national team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar performed the surgery on the Paris Saint-Germain player and then supervised the first phase of his recovery.

He has said that if Neymar was fit he would play with PSG before season s end.

Although the May 19 game against Caen is virtually meaningless for PSG which has already clinched the 2017-18 French-league title the time on field in an official match could provide a boost to Neymar s World Cup preparations.

Brazil will kick off its bid for an unprecedented sixth World Cup title when it takes on Switzerland on June 17 in Group E action.

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