Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach will also have to do without goalkeeper Yann Sommer for the time being.
As Borussia announced on Wednesday, the Swiss national keeper suffered an ankle injury on Tuesday in the 2-1 draw at second division side SV Darmstadt 98 in the DFB Cup.
The Gladbachers did not provide any further information. It is also unclear what the injury means for participation in the World Cup in Qatar, which begins on November 20th.
The hopes of the Swiss national team being able to count on Sommer are high.
“We have been informed, have exchanged views with Yann and have also seen the pictures from the medical department. We are very confident that he will be one hundred percent fit again for the World Cup,” said the Swiss national team’s goalkeeping coach, Patrick Foletti, to the newspaper ” View”. Sommer was instrumental in Switzerland’s reaching the quarter-finals at the European Championship last year.
Borussia also hits the selection hard. In Jonas Hofmann, another top performer from the Rhinelanders was seriously injured in the cup defeat. The all-rounder suffered a shoulder joint rupture, but according to the club, should be fit again by the start of the World Cup.
Both players are top performers for Gladbach and have been in top form for weeks. The contract of 33-year-old Sommer expires at the end of the season. Borussia have been trying for months to extend the contract, which Hofmann has already succeeded in doing.