Brazil star Dani Alves faces a race against time to be fit for the World Cup after his club Paris Saint-Germain said he would be out for no less than three weeks with knee damage.
The 35-year-old appropriate back endured the damage playing in Tuesday’s French Cup last against Les Herbiers, falling off four minutes from the end as PSG beat the minnows 2-0.
The French champions said in an announcement that tests on Wednesday had indicated harm to the front cruciate tendon in his correct knee.
They said he will require “no less than three weeks of treatment before reassessing the requirement for surgery.”
The damage is a possibly huge hit to Alves and Brazil, with national mentor Tite set to report his squad for the World Cup next Monday.
Brazil have just been sweating on the wellness of Alves’ PSG colleague Neymar, who experienced surgery on foot damage two months prior and has not played since.
Tite should now choose whether he can bear to go out on a limb on the wellness of the previous Barcelona star Alves, who won the 38th real respect of his profession on Tuesday.
There might be the ideal opportunity for him to recoup, however, as Brazil play their first World Cup coordinate against Switzerland in Rostov-on-Don on June 17, five and a half weeks away.
They will likewise go up against Costa Rica and Serbia in Group E in Russia.