Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain say an initial assessment of key forward Neymar’s ankle injury has been “reassuring”.
The Brazilian striker was stretched off in Sunday’s loss to Olympique Lyonnais, with the Paris side saying on Monday that he had sprained his left ankle, adding that further examinations will be carried out in the next 48 hours.
In the extra time of the tie, the 28-year-old went down screaming in agony and clutching his ankle after a poor challenge from Lyon midfielder Thiago Mendes, who was thereafter sent off with a straight red.
“The medical examinations carried out on Neymar are reassuring following his twisted ankle in Sunday’s game against Lyon,” PSG said.
The club, and Neymar in particular, will hope the damage is not too deleterious and does not rule him out of the UEFA Champions League last-16 tie against his former club Barcelona.
In the draws concluded on Monday, the two sides are scheduled to meet at the end of February in an eye-catching tie. Neymar joined PSG for a world record fee of 222m euros (£200m) from Barcelona in August 2017.
He helped PSG win three successive Ligue 1 titles as well as reach last season’s Champions League final.
