Confirmed: Sadio Mane Is Ruled Out Of The 2022 World Cup

Sadio Mane of Senegal will not participate in the World Cup because he needs knee surgery for an injury he acquired while playing for Bayern Munich.

Senegal's football association said on Tuesday that Mane, 30, will miss their “first games” in the competition.

However, a further MRI scan performed on Thursday revealed the necessity for surgical intervention.

On November 8, Mane was taken off during Bayern's victory against Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.

On Monday, Senegal's World Cup campaign gets underway against the Netherlands. The West African team is in Group A and will play hosts Qatar on November 25 and Ecuador on November 29.

Senegal's star is Mane, a two-time African Footballer of the Year, who in February helped the Teranga Lions win their first-ever continental championship by overcoming Egypt in a penalty shootout in the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Within two months, Mane had accomplished the trick once again, scoring the go-ahead penalty kick as Senegal defeated Egypt on penalties in a play-off to advance to Qatar. The game pitted him against his former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah. 

Source: Dklassgh.com