The distinguished Senegal player Mani ruled out the tournament on Thursday evening, after the team’s doctors reviewed the details of his knee injury during the playing of Bayern Munich, the German league champion earlier this month.
Doctors concluded that recovery may need several months.
Mane remained a colleague of Van Dyck in Liverpool until the end of last season, and the two players were expected to face on the field in Qatar next week during the match of their municipal teams at Al -Thumama Stadium.
“I am very regretted the absence of Sadio from the match against our team because this world championship simply deserves to be participating in the best players and Sadio, one of them,” Van Dyck told reporters.
He added: “Sadio is a world -class player who is my close friend and I will miss him. For me, Argentina, Brazil and France are the teams nominated to crown the title. ”
He continued: “Brazil is always present, the Argentina team is strong and France has a great squad, we have a good group of players and our coach with great experience but above everything we have the spirit of the team. “.
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