Sadio Mane, a football player for Senegal, reportedly won’t play in the World Cup for his country in Qatar after suffering a tendon injury on November 9 during Bayern Munich’s match against Werder Bremen.
Just 20 minutes into Bayern’s Tuesday night 6-1 victory over Bremen, the former Liverpool forwards was substituted.
He won’t participate in the competition, according to L’Equipe, delivering the defending Africa Cup of Nations champions a severe setback.
Senegal’s group stage opponents include Qatar’s hosts, Ecuador, and Holland.
L’Equipe reports that Mane is thought to have sustained a tendon injury and will be absent for “many weeks,” giving national team coach Aliou Cisse a big dilemma only days before unveiling his World Cup roster.
After first stating that the player had suffered a blow to the tibia, his Bayern manager Julian Nagelsmann said the player would undergo an X-ray to ascertain the severity of the injury and expressed his hope that it was ‘not a significant damage’
‘He took a knock to the head of his tibia,’ he said. ‘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’, the Bayern boss continued. ‘We’ll see tomorrow and then give an update.’
Mane has been a thrilling player for Bayern this season after moving to Germany from Liverpool for £35 million. In 23 games across all leagues and competitions, he has 11 goals and four assists.
