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Sadio Mane will not be able to play in the World Cup due to a knee injury he sustained while playing for the German team.
On Tuesday, the federation said that he would not be at the tournament.
There is a need for surgical intervention after a further magnetic resonance image was done.
He was forced to leave during the game against Werder Bremen.
The World Cup kicks off on Monday with a match between the Netherlands and Senegalese. The West Africans are in Group A with two games against each other.
After scoring the winning penalty in the Africa Cup of Nations final, he was named African Footballer of the Year for the second year in a row.
After scoring the decisive spot-kick in the play-off against Egypt for the right to play in the World Cup, he did it again in the next game.
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