He’s following Ronaldo & Messi routine, Neymar reveals the changes he's made with himself which excites football fans

Many footballers look up to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi because of their hunger to compete and their mentality to still play at an age where most footballers are retired. One of the players that look up to both Messi and Ronaldo is Neymar Jr. The Brazilian star played in the peak era of Messi and Ronaldo in Spain, and he was involved in the Ballon d'Or panel with the two greats of football. Over the years, Neymar never won the prestigious award as he constantly was injured and didn't shine as he hoped for at PSG. Now, with Neymar's new injury, he explains that he has the mentality of Messi and Ronaldo as he focused on that during his time injured. Neymar said, "These months have been really tough. It's not an easy injury where you have surgery, you recover and you're done. It's more about the mental aspect than anything else. I had to prepare myself a lot mentally to continue playing with will and desire."

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Neymar has been out due to an ACL injury he suffered while playing with the Brazilian national team in October for a World Cup qualification match. Neymar admits he misses playing football. The Al Hilal star said, "I want to get back to playing, which is the most important thing. I miss it so much. I miss playing football a lot."

Even though he worked on preparing himself physically for his return to the pitch, Neymar's mentality has changed as well, which could put him at a very high level once again. Neymar sounded motivated to get started as he said, "Preparing myself mentally I think is the most important thing I think about at the moment, not winning titles, victories or goals but recovering as quickly as possible and playing again."

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Neymar talks about staying strong while being injured

It has been over eight months since Neymar last played professional football, and the Brazilian talked about how he maintained motivation to work hard on his recovery process. Neymar said, "Staying strong, my family and friends supported me to get through that injury, it's not just about healing your body but it's about the mind more than anything else. I'm feeling good now, it's the last stage."