Senegal’s forward Sadio
Mane will miss the Qatar 2022 World Cup after he sustained a knee injury in
Bayern Munich’s 6-1 win over Werder Bremen.
The former Liverpool star was injured just 20 minutes into the match. L’Equipe said Mane will be out for “several weeks” consequently missing the World Cup.
He will join Ngolo Kante, Paul Pogba, Georginio
Wijnaldum, Reece James, and Diogo Jota who are likely to miss out on the tournament.
Senegal was drawn in
Group A which comprises the host, Qatar, Ecuador, and Netherlands.
Two outstanding former teammates– Sadio Mane of Bayern Munich and Liverpool’s
Virgil van Dijk were highly anticipated to face each other when their national
teams meet on November 21
Bayern boss Julian
Nagelsmann had said the player would have an X-ray to determine the extent of
the injury.
Nagelsmann said, “Not a
big injury. He took a knock to the head of his tibia. It’s always
uncomfortable. He has to have an X-ray. I hope nothing is wrong.
“I didn’t see him after
the game, I hope it’s not a big injury. But I don’t know at the moment. We’ll
see tomorrow and then give an update.”
Mané represented Senegal during their second-ever appearance at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On the road to Qatar, the forward led his country to qualify for Qatar after scoring the decisive spot kick against Egypt.
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