Fate of star player Paul Pogba may have befallen Senegal forward Sadio Mane as far as the approaching World Cup is concerned: he will miss it due to injury.
While Pogba, who will not be in France’s squad, has been nursing the injury since months ago, Mane incurred his on Tuesday at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
The PUNCH reports that the Bayern attacker came off after just 20 minutes of the game against Werder Bremen, which ended 6-1 in favour of the Bundesliga champions.
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Senegal’s World Cup campaign is scheduled to kick off in 13 days against The Netherlands at the Al Thumama Stadium, but they will now be without their talisman.
“In a decisive penalty to that sealed their fate as champions, Mane led the Teranga Lions to their first-ever Africa Cup of Nations trophy after defeating then-teammate Mohammed Salah’s side, Egypt, 4-2 on penalties in Cameroon.
“As Senegal’s highest goal scorer with 34 goals, the former Liverpool player was also pivotal to his country’s qualification where they also beat Egypt for the second time in the year, and also on penalties,” the paper adds.
