Brazilian star Neymar gave fans a reassuring message on Monday after undergoing tests on the ankle he injured in Paris Saint-Germain’s 1-0 Ligue 1 defeat to Lyon at the weekend.
Neymar left the field on a stretcher in apparent agony on Sunday but on Instagram he said: “It could have been worse.”
PSG had earlier said “the clinical opinion following a left ankle sprain sustained last night, is reassuring.”
“These tears, it’s the pain, the fear, the worry, the surgeries, the crutches and other bad memories,” Neymar wrote on his Instagram story alongside a picture of him in tears clutching his ankle.
It was a reference to previous injuries he has suffered — notably twice bre…
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