Mane to take a break from World Cup 2022

"FSF wishes Mane a speedy recovery. The striker is currently in need of surgery," the FSF announced.

On the same day, Bayern reported that Mane had a successful surgery in Innsbruck, Austria. "During surgery, a tendon was reattached to the tip of Mane's right fibula. As a result, the striker cannot play for Senegal at the World Cup and will begin his rehabilitation in Munich in a few days. coming", the German club added.

Mane injured his right fibula in the match Bayern beat Bremen 6-1 in the Bundesliga on the evening of November 8. After that, Aliou Cisse was optimistic about Mane's injury situation and added the striker's name to the list of 26 Senegal players for the 2022 World Cup. He also revealed that the 30-year-old striker did not need surgery after injury tests. merchant in Austria.

Fatma Samoura, FIFA Secretary General and former Senegalese diplomat and executive, said the FSF would hire a witch to treat Mane's injuries, although it is uncertain whether this unorthodox treatment will work. effective or not.

However, Mane's injury was more severe than expected and he did not have time to attend the 2022 World Cup, where Senegal is in Group A and in turn encounters the Netherlands on November 21, Qatar on November 25, Ecuador on November 29. He scored 34 goals in 93 matches, including four goals and the decisive penalty to help Senegal win the Africa Cup for the first time in 2021. Mane then continued to do the same in the play-off against Egypt, taking Senegal. attend the World Cup 2022.

Mane respectively played for Metz, RB Salzburg, Southampton before joining Liverpool for nearly 40 million USD in the summer of 2016. Over the past six years, the 30-year-old striker has scored 120 goals in 269 games, helping Liverpool to win a Premier League. , an FA Cup, an English League Cup, a Champions League, a European Super Cup and a FIFA Club World Cup.

In the summer of 2022, Bayern recruited Mane for $ 43 million to replace Robert Lewandowski. The Senegal star scored 11 goals and four assists in 23 matches in all competitions, including six in the Bundesliga, three in the Champions League, one in the German Cup and one in the German Super Cup.

In addition to Mane, the Senegal squad for the 2022 World Cup has many stars playing in Europe such as Edouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea), Gana Gueye (Everton), Abdou Diallo (Leipzig) or Ismaila Sarr (Watford).