Senegal’s team doctor Manuel Afonso has declared that sadio mane will not be able to participate in words cup because of the injury , he declared this in a press conference “Unfortunately, today’s MRI says his recovery has not been as encouraging as we had hoped and we have decided to declare Sadio Mane’s withdrawal from the World Cup.”
The former Liverpool forward was forced off after 20 minutes of Bayern Munich’s 6-1 win over Werder Bremen on 8 November.
Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said Mane had taken a painful blow to his “tibial plateau” and would have an X-ray to determine the extent of the damage.
Mane is Senegal’s record scorer and scored the decisive penalty as his country beat Egypt to win the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year.
Senegal will have their first World Cup game against the Netherlands on 21 November and also face hosts Qatar and Ecuador in Group A
