Saudi Arabian side, Al Hilal have confirmed that Brazilian superstar, Neymar has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) which is set to keep him out for the remainder of the season.
Africa Today Neymar will now undergo surgery after suffering a meniscus tear in his left knee.
“The medical tests Neymar underwent confirmed the Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Meniscus tear injury in his knee.
“He will be going through surgery and then a treatment program that will be determined later,” Al-Hilal posted on X, formerly called Twitter.
The Brazil forward picked up the injury while playing in his country’s 2-0 defeat to Uruguay in World Cup qualifying on Tuesday evening.
Read Also: Transfer Impasse: Mbappe Snubs Al Hilal, €300M Move Stalled
The 30-year-old is now likely to miss the rest of the season.
It also leaves Neymar facing a race against time to recover ahead of the Copa America in the USA next summer.
In another report, Portuguese international, Cristiano Ronaldo has declared that he wants to score 1,000 goals before he retires after he was challenged to achieve the jaw-dropping feat by FC Porto’s president.
This is coming after the Al-Nassr superstar extended his record 125 international goal haul over the weekend, scoring twice to help Portugal claim a 3-2 victory in their Euro 2024 qualifying match against Slovakia, which was also his 200th appearance for the national side.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the 38-year-old surpassed Ali Daei’s 15-year international scoring record back in 2021 and subsequently became FIFA’s all-time leading goalscorer back in 2022, having now amassed a staggering 857 goals during his glittering career.
But Ronaldo is hungry to break more records before he hangs up his boots, admitting he is hoping to rise to an audacious target set to him by Porto’s president, Jorge Nuno Pinto.