As football lovers await the start of the FIFA World Cup that will be hosted in Qatar, the main actors of the competition are beginning to drop like a fly due to injury.
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The latest team to have its key player dropped from the World Cup are the Terenga Lions of Senegal. Bayern Munich's forward player, Sadio Mane, sustained an injury against Werder Bremen while playing for his club on Tuesday, November 8th, 2022. According to reports from L'Equipe, the Senegalese vice-captain has been ruled out of the World Cup.
The manager of Bayern Munich, Nagelsmann said after the game that he does not have an update on the injury to Mane but he hopes that he gets fits before the World Cup.
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.
The former Liverpool player is suffering from a tendon and is expected to miss several weeks of competition. Mane has been a key part of Senegal's success in recent years, he helped them win the African Cup of Nations and qualification for the World Cup at the expense of Egypt.