Several players had got their hopes of going to the world cup in Qatar very high as they were producing clutch performances and had their spot in Qatar all but booked, unfortunately, these players will not be going to Qatar.
With the world cup now underway, we take a look at 10 top players who will miss this year’s edition in Qatar.
10. Marco Reus (GERMANY)
Marco Reus has been ruled out of yet another world cup with an aggravated ankle injury. Reus also missed part of the world cup in 2014 when Germany won the title and the Dortmund player also could not feature in the 2018 edition in Russia.
9. Diogo Jota (PORTUGAL)
The forward will miss the tournament due to a calf injury he sustained against Manchester City earlier in the campaign.
8. Timo Werner (GERMANY)
RB Leipzig’s forward, Timo Werner, is on the injury list due to a damaged ankle he sustained during the team’s Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk last month and will miss the rest of 2022.
7. Christopher Nkuku (FRANCE)
The forward sustained a knee injury during team training last week and he has been confirmed to be out of the world cup. The highly sort-after striker will now miss the chance to make his first appearance at the world cup.
6. Ben Chilwell (ENGLAND)
Ben Chilwell suffered an harmstring injury during Chelsea’s victory over Italian outfit Ac Milan in the Champions league. The English left-back is also out of the world cup.
5. N’golo Kante (FRANCE)
Kante has been dealing with an ankle injury for some time now and he had surgery on the ankle a few weeks back automatically ruling him out of the world cup.
4. Sadio Mane (SENEGAL)
Though Mane is not completely out of the world cup, the Senegal international is set to miss the opening stages of the competition and will only probably be available for the latter stages of the competition.
3. Paul Pogba (FRANCE)
Pogba had to have knee surgery in September to repair a damaged meniscus and it has since been confirmed that the 2018 world cup champion won’t be able to make his recovery in time for the world cup.
2. Reece James (ENGLAND)
Despite reassurances from James’ camp that the player will be available for the knock-out stages of the competition, England manager, Gareth Southgate felt it unnecessary to give the right-back a call-up, therefore James will miss the world cup.
1. Karim Benzema (FRANCE)
The latest surprise has been the Real Madrid striker and Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema who just suffered an injury while training a day before the competition begins. France will now have to do without their talismanic forward.
With the world cup now underway, all fingers are crossed as we await the thrills, excitement, and fun this tournament has in store and if the absence of the players mentioned above would have any impact whatsoever on the tournament.
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