Neymar: I’m not at 100% yet

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  • Post published:May 28, 2018

Brazil star Neymar admits he is not yet 100% fit, three weeks out from the start of the World Cup.

The Paris Saint-Germain forward has resumed training as he continues his return from foot surgery, having sustained a broken metatarsal in February.

It was expected that Neymar would be back for Brazil’s friendly against Croatia on 3 June, but the 26-year-old is not quite at full fitness just yet.

‘I’m still not at 100%,’ Neymar told reporters on Sunday.

‘This will come with time, although there is still an element of discomfort when I make certain moves.

‘There are still a few days until my return.’

Sunday marked three weeks until Brazil’s World Cup opener against Switzerland in Rostov-on-Don.

While he accepted there were some doubts, Neymar also insisted he was ready to go.

‘I’m ready to play. There’s nothing that can stop me,’ he said.

‘The fear I feel is because I have stopped for three months, but it won’t prevent me,’ he concluded.

-This story originally appeared on FourFourTwo.co.za