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Senegal forward Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup as he requires surgical procedure on a knee injury he sustained enjoying for Bayern Munich.
On Tuesday, Senegal’s soccer federation mentioned Mane, 30, would miss their “first video games” on the event.
But an additional MRI scan was accomplished on Thursday that confirmed surgical intervention is required.
Mane was pressured off throughout Bayern’s Bundesliga win over Werder Bremen on 8 November.
Senegal begin their World Cup marketing campaign towards the Netherlands on Monday. The West Africans are in Group A with video games towards hosts Qatar (25 November) and Ecuador (29 November) to comply with.
Two-time African Footballer of the Year Mane is Senegal’s talisman, having scored the profitable penalty when the Teranga Lions became continental champions for the primary time in February, defeating Egypt in a shoot-out within the Africa Cup of Nations remaining.
Within two months Mane had repeated the feat, netting the decisive spot-kick as Senegal beat Egypt – in a sport that once more pitted him towards then Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah – on penalties in a play-off to qualify for Qatar.
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