Neymar arrives in Brazil for foot surgery

Brazilian superstar Neymar flew into Rio de Janeiro early Thursday ahead of an operation on his fractured foot that will rule him out for up to three months, casting a long shadow over Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil’s World Cup preparations.

The world’s most expensive player, 26, arrived on an Air France flight from Paris and left in a wheelchair, a photo taken by one of his fellow passengers showed.Dressed in a black hoodie, a black baseball cap and wearing sunglasses, the PSG star smiled and took selfies with passengers, before leaving on a private jet to an undisclosed destination.

Surgery will take place Saturday, national team surgeon Rodrigo Lasmar said.But despite the hurry to put Neymar under the knife at a hospital in Belo Horizonte, he won’t be back on the field soon.

Neymar suffered a hairline fracture of the fifth metatarsalin his right foot as well as a twisted ankle late in PSG’s 3-0 win over Marseille in Ligue 1 on Sunday.