Sadio Mane injured his fibula in the Bundesliga game against Werder Bremen and will probably not be fit for the World Cup in Qatar either. The superstar should still be in the final squad from Senegal.
Without Sadio Mane, Senegal’s hopes of progressing to the World Cup would be significantly diminished. The FC Bayern superstar injured his right fibula head on Tuesday evening and is unlikely to be fit for Senegal’s group games.
However, the medical team of the Senegalese national team wanted to get their own picture of Mane’s injury first. As RMC Sport reports on Wednesday evening, the 30-year-old is supposed to travel to Qatar one way or another. The report states that Senegal would be willing to sacrifice Manes’ squad position and hope that the attacker would play by the third group play is operational again. Then it’s against Ecuador and thus against what is supposedly the biggest competitor in the group for second place; there is no way around the favorite Netherlands anyway. Should Senegal qualify for the round of 16, the chances that Mane can play in the final round increase.
This article was originally published on 90min.de as Report: Sadio Mane definitely in Senegal’s World Cup squad.
