Carlo Ancelotti, coach of the Brazilian team, considers that Neymar will be an important player in the process for the 2026 World Cup.
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The Brazilian coach, the Italian Carlo Ancelotti, asked Neymar to “prepare well” for the 2026 World Cup, by qualifying him as a very important player in his plans, in an interview released this Thursday by the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) on social networks.
“He is a very important player for our selection towards the World Cup,” said Ancelotti about the talented end of 33, who has just renewed his contract with Santos until the end of the year.
Carletto, who took the reins of the green -yellow selected last month, insisted that Ney “has to prepare well, has time to do it. I have talked to him about this: that he prepares well, because we have the idea that he has to be a very important player.”
On Tuesday, after weeks of rumors about his future, Neymar agreed with Santos to renew his contract until the end of 2025, with the option of extending the link to its term, according to the old Pelé club. Injuries have limited their performance since he returned to Fish In January.
Neymar was not in the Ancelotti call on the last double date of the South American qualifier, at the beginning of the month, in which Brazil secured its quota in the 2026 World Cup with a draw with Ecuador (0-0) and a victory against Paraguay (1-0).
The Canarinha The tie will close in September, on a double date on which he will receive Chile and visit Bolivia. It could be the return of Neymar, who is the top historical scorer of the Brazilian team, with 79 goals in 128 games. He has played the World Cups of Brazil 2014, Russia 2018 and Catar 2022.
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