ESPN.com · Mar 8, 2025
How important is Neymar's return to the Brazil squad?
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Almost a year and a half after suffering a serious knee injury playing for Brazil -- and with little football in the meantime --- Neymar is back. Brazil's all-time top scorer has been recalled to the squad for CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers later this month against Colombia and Argentina. So that poses the question: How will the 33-year-old's return impact Brazil in these upcoming matches?
Is he ready?
A very good question, to which the answer is "probably not." True, he has exceeded expectations of his fitness since going back to Brazil to rejoin Santos earlier this year.