PSG's Neymar receives treatment from medical staff after being injured against Olympique Marseille
Brazil's national team doctor, Rodrigo Lasmar, says "it was not a simple fissure in his little toe".
The world's most expensive footballer arrived in Brazil on Thursday and will undergo surgery on a fractured metatarsal and a sprained ankle in Belo Horizonte on Saturday.
But those hopes took a massive blow when he was injured on Sunday during the French league leader's 3-0 win over Marseille.
"The (recovery) period will be around two and a half to three months", Lasmar told journalists after arriving with the player on the same Air France flight.
Neymar is helped to his feet by Adrien Rabiot during PSG's win over Marseille on Sunday, in which he suffered a twisted ankle and a hairline metatarsal fracture.
PSG coach Unai Emery had said earlier that there remained a "small chance" of getting him back in time to face Real next Wednesday morning (Singapore time).
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Neymar won't be in peak form when Brazil kicks off its World Cup on June 17 against Sweden due to the fact he won't have played more than a few games for club and country since the injury. More conservative treatment, without surgery, would present a far greater risk for refracture.
PSG did not say how long Neymar will be sidelined but his father Neymar Santos estimated that the recovery will take "between six and eight weeks". But on Sunday he looked to be in tears as he was stretchered off the field at the Parc des Princes.
Neymar has been linked with a move to Madrid despite only leaving Barca for PSG in August, with the €222million move setting a new world-record transfer fee.
PSG close their Ligue 1 schedule at Caen on May 19 and, if they are able to overcome a 3-1 first-leg deficit against Madrid and chart a route through the rest of the competition, the Champions League final in Kiev is on May 26.
This Saturday's [3 March] La Liga clash with their Madrid neighbours may come too soon for the two defenders but they should be available when Los Blancos travel to Paris on Tuesday (6 March) for the second leg of the Champions League last-16.
"I think he'll recover in time..., but that's what Brazilians are worrying about", the 21-year-old said. That would take the Brazil forward right up to the World Cup. When the soccer superpower reaches the knockout phase, Neymar might be approaching his best form as his country navigates the round of 16, quarterfinals, semifinals and final.
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