Liverpool ahead, Diogo Jota, will miss Portugal’s worldwide pleasant with the Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria and the 2022 Qatar World Cup after struggling a calf muscle damage.
This was confirmed in an announcement launched on Liverpool’s web site on Tuesday.
Portugal will face the Tremendous Eagles on November 17 as a part of preparation for this 12 months’s World Cup.
The 2016 European champions will then open their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Ghana seven days after the sport with Nigeria earlier than going through Uruguay and South Korea in group H.
Jota was carried from the pitch in stoppage time throughout Sunday’s Premier League conflict with Manchester Metropolis which the Reds gained 1-0.
He’ll subsequently miss Liverpool’s remaining eight fixtures previous to the worldwide break in November, in addition to his nation’s participation within the Qatar finals.
The assertion from Liverpool learn: “Diogo Jota is about for a chronic spell on the sidelines because of the calf muscle damage he sustained in opposition to Manchester Metropolis on Sunday, which will even rule him out of Portugal’s World Cup marketing campaign.
“Jota doesn’t require surgical procedure on the problem, nevertheless.”
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