The 25-year-old Portuguese international underwent an MRI scan and, although the results have not yet been released, it is known that the downtime will be in excess of a month, completely ruling out the possibility of Diogo Jota going to Qatar 2022.
“The injury is quite serious in the muscle, calf muscle. Now the recovery begins, or the process begins, let me put it that way.
“That’s more or less, that’s the first diagnosis, which was pretty clear. Everything else will follow in the next few days.”
“Very sad news for him, for us, for Portugal, for everyone.”
The former Porto and Wolverhampton suffered a calf injury last Sunday in the match against Manchester City and Liverpool’s German coach Jurge Klopp himself pointed out: “He was in severe pain, but I have no idea how bad it is. Seeing him lying on the ground, it’s not good.”
Diogo Jota has 29 appearances in the Portugal shirt and scored 10 goals. The Portuguese national team, which also has Pepé, Danilo Pereira and Nuno Méndes in doubt due to injuries, will be part of Group H in Qatar along with Ghana (debut on November 24 in Doha), South Korea and Uruguay.
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