It’s already a certainty. Lennart Karl, 18 years old, is out of the 2026 World Cup. The Bayern youngster was injured this Friday (muscle tear) during the last training session before the preparatory game against the United States, having been taken to the hospital for medical examinations and the news was not positive.
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According to the German Sky Sports, Nagelsmann has already chosen a replacement: Assan Ouedraogo, a young 20-year-old midfielder from Leipzig, also considered one of the biggest promises in German football. The decision will have already been communicated by the selector to the athlete and the club.
The same source states that the former Schalke 04 man was on vacation in Spain and will now travel to Chicago, where the German team is based, in order to immediately join the team’s work, but will obviously be left out for this Saturday’s game.
It is true to say that some people’s bad luck is others’ good luck. Karl thus loses the possibility of making his debut in a World Cup, in his first full season as a professional, and at Bayern.
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