FIFA World Cup 2026 :Canada/Mexico/United States: Discussion Thread

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Brazil have announced their squad ahead of the Copa America and everything in the team is fine, except for one person we may miss a lot and that is Neymar Jr. Basically, Neymar Jr. did not get a place in the team due to injury.  Personally, I like Neymar's game and I like Neymar a lot, the performance of Neymar against Argentina in the last Copa America final must be remembered by everyone. I will definitely miss Neymar a lot this Copa America season.  Brazil have always announced their team with their best players and this time was no exception but only Neymar would have been complete.

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Brazil have announced their squad ahead of the Copa America and everything in the team is fine, except for one person we may miss a lot and that is Neymar Jr. Basically, Neymar Jr. did not get a place in the team due to injury.  Personally, I like Neymar's game and I like Neymar a lot, the performance of Neymar against Argentina in the last Copa America final must be remembered by everyone. I will definitely miss Neymar a lot this Copa America season.  Brazil have always announced their team with their best players and this time was no exception but only Neymar would have been complete.

For the Copa America, Neymar Jr cannot play due to injury, and once again this is quite a long break for Neymar due to injury, but for the 2026 World Cup there is a big chance that we will still see him playing for the Brazilian national team, because his role in the Brazilian team is important and several injuries suffered by Neymar caused Brazil to fail to perform well.
However, injuries might be another obstacle for Neymar because he is known as a player who is quite close to injury, in fact the biggest obstacle to his career is injury because in terms of skill he is one of the players with the best skills but cannot perform optimally, hopefully the injury does not force him to retire early from his football career because we see there are players who experience this, such as what happened to Dutch striker Marco Van Basten.
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Saudi Arabia atmosphere and culture vey difference such as usually for European players or their family, but I don't think its an acceptable reason behind Cristiano Ronaldo and some top or European players adapt well how difference culture in Saudi Arabia and Ronaldo have been three season there without any problem yet.
I think Lionel Messi accepted MLS League team offer behind more interested offering than Saudi Arabia club and he won't get more compete with Cristiano Ronaldo behind both players still be more excited rivalry right now. Keep respect between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo decision although playing with difference competition but has good rumor with Inter Miami owner David Bekham has dreaming to sign Ronaldo and joining Inter Miami after his contract over.

Ronaldo doesn't have any issues with staying in Saudi Arabia, but his girlfriend may not be that happy. Saudi laws are more restrictive towards the females. But a lot has changed over the years, ever since Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud came to power. He has envisioned Saudi Arabia transitioning to a modern society, compatible with Islamic values. Movie theatres and shopping malls are opening all over the country. Also the crown price wants to transform Saudi Arabia to a global sports hub.

I read about this, they are very interested in being a powerhouse in football and are investing heavily in this, and there are several famous players competing in the Saudi league, I think this is very good, the more competitive leagues the better for us who like football .

Usually, whenever a country hosts the World Cup they will earn too much money this is enough for any country to try to be the end host of the World Cup. That's why Saudi Arabia is trying hard for it. They saw Qatar hosted the World Cup and this made them even more interested than before in hosting the World Cup.
They tried to do that by attracting too much attention to their country. They hired Ronaldo and some other superstar players like Neymar and Benzema, this is an investment for Saudi Arabia to earn more if they host the next World Cup. even in the 2026 World Cup, they wanted to try hosting this tournament.

Hosting of World Cup is not only sources of having money but with this many other benefits are also happened like tourism and industry also having big boost even we all know Saudi Arab is rich country and also having enough oil reserves but now in last one decade we are having too many changes in different regions and new generation leaders are bringing new rules and regulations which are helping them for having good development and image of their country.
Gulf is now having good intention of the world after Qatar World Cup with Saudi Arab which is the biggest country in this region jumping for more success in sports and culture events which are creating new image of this country, and they are going to have new identity of this country as well which was as one of the radical countries in this all region due to have Muslim holy places.

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Brazil have announced their squad ahead of the Copa America and everything in the team is fine, except for one person we may miss a lot and that is Neymar Jr. Basically, Neymar Jr. did not get a place in the team due to injury.  Personally, I like Neymar's game and I like Neymar a lot, the performance of Neymar against Argentina in the last Copa America final must be remembered by everyone. I will definitely miss Neymar a lot this Copa America season.  Brazil have always announced their team with their best players and this time was no exception but only Neymar would have been complete.

I've seen Brazil's list of players for the Copa America. And to be honest, I see the quality of Brazilian players decreasing. There are a lot of names that I don't think are very well known. I know everyone misses the old Brazil where the players were superstars at their respective clubs.

Apart from Neymar, I read the news which stated that Tottenham Hotspur striker Richarlison and Manchester United player Casemiro were also not called up due to injury. Yes everyone also misses Neymar and I hope he can play in the 2026 world cup because maybe it will be his last world cup.

[Leviathan.007]

Brazil have announced their squad ahead of the Copa America and everything in the team is fine, except for one person we may miss a lot and that is Neymar Jr. Basically, Neymar Jr. did not get a place in the team due to injury.  Personally, I like Neymar's game and I like Neymar a lot, the performance of Neymar against Argentina in the last Copa America final must be remembered by everyone. I will definitely miss Neymar a lot this Copa America season.  Brazil have always announced their team with their best players and this time was no exception but only Neymar would have been complete.

The way Neymar got injured was so hard when he was playing for Brazil. Neymar was injured when he was playing for PSG and he was not in good form at all. but after he recovered he just injured just again after that. That's why Neymar is very far from his good form and even if he comes back and starts playing for his team still there is no guarantee that Neymar to have a good performance as he had before because he was out on the field for a long time and this definitely affected this player. Maybe even Brazil should not count on Neymar for the 2026 World Cup anymore.

  

[Patrol69]

Brazil have announced their squad ahead of the Copa America and everything in the team is fine, except for one person we may miss a lot and that is Neymar Jr. Basically, Neymar Jr. did not get a place in the team due to injury.  Personally, I like Neymar's game and I like Neymar a lot, the performance of Neymar against Argentina in the last Copa America final must be remembered by everyone. I will definitely miss Neymar a lot this Copa America season.  Brazil have always announced their team with their best players and this time was no exception but only Neymar would have been complete.

For the Copa America, Neymar Jr cannot play due to injury, and once again this is quite a long break for Neymar due to injury, but for the 2026 World Cup there is a big chance that we will still see him playing for the Brazilian national team, because his role in the Brazilian team is important and several injuries suffered by Neymar caused Brazil to fail to perform well.
However, injuries might be another obstacle for Neymar because he is known as a player who is quite close to injury, in fact the biggest obstacle to his career is injury because in terms of skill he is one of the players with the best skills but cannot perform optimally, hopefully the injury does not force him to retire early from his football career because we see there are players who experience this, such as what happened to Dutch striker Marco Van Basten.
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Probably Neymar's ligament injury and this injury is so serious as it has ruined the careers of many players. Neymar has always been seen to struggle with injuries and has come back from injury every time Neymar has been injured.  Perhaps the team management did not want to take any additional risk with him so that Neymar can be fully fit for the 2026 World Cup and can play the World Cup for the national team from full fitness. Neymar has suffered serious injuries in the past and has been sidelined for long periods of time and has worked on his injuries and come back from them, so maybe this time will be no different. The hope is that Neymar will return to the team more formidable and achieve his dream of winning the World Cup.