Mane will miss Senegal's 'first games' of the World Cup



Sadio Mané will rule out Senegal's 'first games' of the World Cup because of injury, a Senegalese Football Federation official found out on Tuesday.

Bayern Munich's forward position at Qatar 2022 looked in jeopardy after suffering a fibula injury this month, but he was part of Aliou Cissé's 26-man squad.

However, Mane will no longer take part in Senegal's clash against the Netherlands next Monday and Senegalese Football Federation board member Abdoulaye Sow has revealed he will no longer be the only healthy Group A side that he will be missed.

Senegal will face hosts Qatar next Thursday before taking on Ecuador in their final group game on November 29.

Sow said: "Senegal will have to deal with their nice player for the start of the tournament and now not complain too much.

"We will have to rely on the first games without Sadio and win without Sadio because we have 25 players apart from Sadio.

"No one would have wanted it, but that's what happened to us."

Mane played the starring role when Senegal won the Africa Cup of Nations this year and he made a great start to his career at Bayern after leaving Liverpool.

The 30-year-old vintage's injury will save you from facing former Reds team-mate Virgil van Dijk next week.