Suspicions are confirmed. Diogo Jota will miss the World Cup in Qatar, which starts in about a month, due to a calf injury.
The bad news was broken by Liverpool manager Jürgen Kloop during a press conference on Tuesday to announce the next Premier League game against West Ham tomorrow.
“There is no good news. Jota has a very serious calf injury and will miss the World Cup. This is the first diagnosis, but soon it was very clear. Now we have to start the recovery process,” Kloop immediately explained.
And he lamented in a double dose: “This is very sad news for the boy, for us and, of course, for Portugal.”
However, the severity of the Portuguese footballer’s injury does not require surgery to recover, the German coach assured, without giving a date off the pitch.
“I don’t want to give the number of months because there are things that can happen during recovery, but it will be several months,” Kloop said, highlighting Diogo Jota’s positive attitude, however.
“He is surprisingly well, no matter what. He is a very smart player and I think he immediately realized when he left the field the seriousness of the injury and that it would have a huge impact on his World Cup dreams,” he said. emphasized.
Diogo Jota left the field in the game against Manchester City on a stretcher, having suffered an injury in stoppage time.
National coach Fernando Santos was left without one of his trump cards at this year’s World Championships, which takes place just over a month ago in Qatar.
