Marcelo's advice for Neymar following his injury

"When you suffer a setback such as this you start to see things differently and to look after yourself more. A film passes before your eyes," the left-back told Youtube channel 'Segue o Baile'.

The defender has suffered serveral lengthy spells on the sidelines during his career and insists that there is plenty to be learned from such periods.

"They're periods of time during which you learn a lot and work a lot more because you can't leave the house. You start to think about a lot of things that you have to do from now on," he explained.

"When you're out for so long and in so much pain you start to get bored so you tell yourself: 'I have to work like this or like that so that I don't get injured again, I'm going to go to bed early, improve my diet..." he added.

Finally, Marcelo ended by sending a get well soon message to his Brazil team-mate.

"Neymar already knows that people are with him, that Brazil is with him, The situation is complicated, but I'm sure that the Brazilian people and the world as a whole are with him, sending him positive energy to help him through this. I'm sure that he'll be back. I also sent him a message of support," said the Real Madrid man.