Neymar's surgery on a broken foot will be good news for Brazil's World Cup campaign, according to the national team's fitness trainer.
Paris Saint-Germain confirmed on Wednesday that Neymar will Undergo surgery after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during the 3-0 weekend win over Marseille in Ligue 1.
The surgery could keep the 26-year-old forward on the sidelines for three months.
But Fabio Mahseredjian, a member of Tite's Selecao backroom staff, believes Neymar's prospects of playing a full part against Switzerland at the Rostov Arena on June 17 are good.
"I'm sure he'll play in the first match, first because he's an athlete who takes care of himself, and he has a physiotherapist and a physical trainer who take care of him every day," Mahseredjian told Globo Esporte.
"Secondly, he has no problems that make him fat because he does not acquire weight easily.
"Third, he's very young and has a huge will, which makes his preparation for the World Cup much easier. I'm sure he has plenty of time to get to the first game."
"Neymar will come with a very low workload, both of games and of training, basically as if it were a pre-season," he added.
"The surgery will subtract from his physical condition, making him lose the physical effects he won during PSG's season.
"I say without any problem that it is good for us, since he will not be arriving with a high load of games.
"He will probably come to us well physically and, we believe, psychologically as well."
Neymar has 28 goals in 30 appearances since joining PSG from Barcelona for EUR222million last August.
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