Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup after being unable to recover from injury in time - in a cruel blow to Senegal.
Mane suffered a knee injury in Bayern Munich's 6-1 win over Werder Bremen earlier this month, which put into doubt his hopes of competing at the tournament.
The German champions said at the time that the forward had an injury 'to the head of his right fibula'.
He was included in Senegal's squad for the tournament in Qatar despite his tournament participation being put in doubt.
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse had been optimistic when discussing Mane's injury earlier this month, but the Bayern forward has now been ruled out of the showpiece event, after the news was confirmed by the Senegalese Football Federation.