Monaco defender picks up knee injury, likely to miss World Cup for Ghana | OneFootball

The Ghanaian defender Mohammed Salisu from Monaco suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the final minutes of the weekend's 3-1 defeat against Lyon, the club from the Principality announced this Monday.

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Salisu, 26, a key player in Monaco's defense since the arrival of coach Sébastien Pocognoli, replacing Adi Hutter, was injured in a ball dispute in the last seconds of the game against Lyon on Saturday. He was not substituted and initially showed no concern about the injury.

However, on Sunday, the player felt more intense pain, and tests conducted this Monday confirmed the rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Salisu is expected to undergo surgery soon. As a result, his season with Monaco is already over, and participation in the 2026 World Cup (from June 11 to July 19), for which Ghana has qualified, seems highly unlikely.

After the Japanese forward Takumi Minamino, who was injured on December 21 during the visit to Auxerre for the French Cup, Salisu is the second Monaco player to suffer the same injury in three weeks.

*With content from AFP

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