Tribune News Network
Doha
Brazil and Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar’s surgery on his injured ankle in Qatar will be led by a renowned British specialist, the Aspetar hospital said on Wednesday.
The hospital confirmed that the 31-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward will be operated on at the sports medicine clinic and that James Calder will lead the surgery.
“Aspetar’s expert ankle surgeon, Professor Pieter D’Hooghe and renowned ankle surgeon Professor James Calder from London, will perform the surgery,” the clinic said in a statement.
Neymar, who injured his ankle on February 19 against Lille during a Ligue 1 match, “has had several episodes of instability in his right ankle in recent years,” said the club, adding that its medical staff “recommended a ligament repair operation to avoid a major risk of recurrence”.
Neymar would go under the knife in Doha “in the next few days” and said it would take “three to four months before he can return to training with the team”.
