Qatar World Cup: The full list of players set to miss the tournament through injury, including Paul Pogba

ByEurosport

Updated 11/11/2022 at 09:07 GMT

The World Cup is just weeks away and for some players they will unfortunately miss out on the tournament because of injury. Who is definitely out for the World Cup in Qatar and will not be a part of the 32-team tournament in the Middle East? We provide you with the full list of names of players not competing at the tournament which gets underway on November 20.

The World Cup is just weeks away, but some nations will be going to the tournament in Qatar without some of their best players.

While England are highly likely to be without right-back Reece James, reigning world champions France have their own issues to contend with such as the absences of midfielders Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante , Boubacar Kamara and goalkeeper Mike Maignan.

Portugal also have their fair share of problems with Premier League forward duo Diogo Jota and Pedro Neto, plus wingback Ricardo Pereira all unable to compete at the tournament.

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The World Cup gets underway on November 20 with the final taking place at the Lusail Stadium in Doha a week before Christmas on Sunday, December 18

Below is the full list of players who are set to miss out on the World Cup this winter.

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PLAYERS SET TO MISS THE WORLD CUP

NAME	CLUB/INTERNATIONAL TEAM	TYPE OF INJURY	DATE OF INJURY CONFIRMATION
Marco Reus	Borussia Dortmund/Germany	Ankle	November 10
Jesus 'Tecatito' Corona	Sevilla/Mexico	Fibula and ankle	November 8
Ben Chilwell	Chelsea/England	Hamstring	November 5
Timo Werner	RB Leipzig/Germany	Ankle	November 3
Paul Pogba	Juventus/France	Thigh	October 31
Mike Maignan	AC Milan/France	Calf	October 20
N'Golo Kante	Chelsea/France	Thigh	October 18
Diogo Jota	Liverpool/Portugal	Calf	October 18
Reece James	Chelsea/England	Knee	October 15
Arthur Melo	Liverpool/Brazil	Thigh	October 8
Alexis Saelemaekers	AC Milan/Belgium	Knee	October 2
Pedro Neto	Wolves/Portugal	Ankle	October 1
Boubacar Kamara	Aston Villa/France	Knee	September 30
Ronald Araujo	Barcelona/Uruguay	Thigh	September 24
Juan Musso	Atalanta/Argentina	Facial Fracture	September 18
Bouna Sarr	Bayern Munich/Senegal	Knee	September 12
Guilherme Arana	Atletico Mineiro/Brazil	Knee	September 8
Georginio Wijnaldum	AS Roma/Netherlands	Shin	August 21
Ricardo Pereira	Leicester/Portugal	Achilles	August 5
Tarik Tissoudali	KAA Gent/Morocco	Knee	August 1
Joao Rojas	Monterrey/Ecuador	Leg	July 13
Miles Robinson	Atlanta United/USA	Achilles	May 9
Jakub Moder	Brighton/Poland	Knee	April 3

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