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Brazil\u2019s coach says Neymar could be in contention for the squad if he attains full fitness in the next two months.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 12 Apr 2026<\/span>12 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Brazil coach Carlo \u200c\u200cAncelotti has left open the possibility of Neymar Jr earning a \u2060\u2060place in his \u2060\u206026-man squad for the FIFA World Cup, saying the forward has two months to prove he has the required \u2060\u2060qualities.<\/p>\n Ancelotti has consistently maintained that Neymar will be in contention if he is fully fit, but the attacker was excluded from Brazil\u2019s \u2060\u2060squad for last month\u2019s warm-up matches against France and Croatia.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Neymar, Brazil\u2019s all-time leading scorer with 79 goals, has not played for the national team since suffering a serious knee injury in October 2023 and has struggled \u200c\u200cto maintain a consistent run of matches since returning to Santos last year.<\/p>\n Brazil\u2019s 2-1 defeat to France in Boston prompted fans to chant Neymar\u2019s name, but Ancelotti dismissed the reaction at the time, saying attention should focus on the players selected.<\/p>\n However, the Italian has suggested that the Santos forward remains part of his \u2060\u2060thinking as Brazil assess their options in the run-up to \u2060\u2060the World Cup, which runs from June 11 to 19 July in the United States, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a great talent, and it\u2019s normal that people think he can help us \u2060\u2060win the next World Cup,\u201d Ancelotti said in an interview with French newspaper L\u2019Equipe.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s currently being \u2060\u2060evaluated by the CBF [Brazilian Football Confederation], by \u2060\u2060me, and he still has two months to show that he has the qualities to play in the next World Cup.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter his knee injury, Neymar has made a good comeback; \u200c\u200che\u2019s scoring goals. He needs to continue in this direction and improve his fitness. He\u2019s on the right track.\u201d<\/p>\n Brazil are in Group C \u200c\u200calongside \u200c\u200cMorocco, Haiti and Scotland in the World Cup and will begin their campaign on June 13 in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Brazil\u2019s coach says Neymar could be in contention for the squad if he attains full fitness in the next two months. Published On 12 Apr 202612 Apr 2026 Brazil coach Carlo \u200c\u200cAncelotti has left open the possibility of Neymar Jr earning a \u2060\u2060place in his \u2060\u206026-man squad for the FIFA World Cup, saying the forward […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-america-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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