Sadio Mane's aspirations of representing Senegal at the 2022 FIFA World Cup have reportedly come to a crashing halt after a shock report claimed he will miss the tournament.
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What was initially thought to be a minor injury for the Bayern Munich star has seemingly turned out to be far more serious. During Die Roten's 6-1 win over Werder Bremen on Tuesday, Mane had to come off after only 20 minutes after sustaining a knock to his leg.
Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann reiterated after the game that the full extent of the west African's wound would only be truly known after the game, and it is news that will not make for pleasant reading for those affiliated with Senegal.
According to L'Equipe, the 30-year-old attacker will be out for several weeks, ruling him out of the global showpiece in Qatar.
Off the back of their nation's first Africa Cup of Nations triumph earlier in 2022, many thought the reigning African Player of the Year and his teammates were the continent's best chance of making it past the quarter-final stages for the first time, but the Senegalese's reported injury has put that in jeopardy.
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Mane has not missed a game through injury since the 2020/21 season when he was still at Liverpool, as per Transfermarkt, but with mere days until Aliou Cisse announces his official 26-man squad that he plans on taking to the gulf, it is likely that the Bavarian giants' talisman will not feature.
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