The Brazilian was injured hamstring Sunday in a friendly against Nigeria.

PSG star striker Neymar is injured hamstring injury and should not regain the competition before "4 weeks", announced Monday the Paris club, which means his package for the next two games of the Champions League and the "clasico" against Marseille.

"Neymar has an MRI (Monday) afternoon that confirms a grade 2 lesion of the left ischiosis-tibial femoral biceps, a medical point on the evolution will be redone in 8 days, but the time to return to competition is evaluated. 4 weeks depending on the evolution, "said the Paris club in a statement.

A promising start to the season

The No. 10 Brazilian came out Sunday in the 12th minute of the friendly match of Seleçao against Nigeria (1-1) in Singapore. After serving two suspension games, "Ney" was due to return to the Champions League on October 22 against Club Brugge. But with this new injury, he will miss not only the double European confrontation against the Belgian club, but also the "clasico" against Marseille, scheduled on October 27th.

A stoppage when he had made a promising start to the season with PSG by scoring four goals in five Ligue 1 games.

Since her arrival at PSG in the summer of 2017, the Brazilian superstar has not been spared the physical glitches, like her two major injuries to the right foot that had kept her away from the ground for several months. The 27-year-old had already injured his ankle with Seleçao on 5 June in a friendly against Qatar. This injury deprived him of Copa America, which Brazil won at home in July.