The 2026 World Cup will proceed without several prominent players after a season marred by serious injuries. Some names are already confirmed out, while others remain long-term doubts as national coaches weigh fitness ahead of squad selection.<\/p>\n
Argentina will be without one member of their 2022 winning squad this summer. Villarreal defender Juan Foyth has been sidelined until the beginning of next season after rupturing his Achilles tendon. Fortunately, he is the only major concern for La Albiceleste as things stand.<\/p>\n
Rodrygo is the first significant casualty for Brazil ahead of the tournament. The Real Madrid starlet and 37-cap international will be forced to watch on from the sidelines after tearing his ACL. Currently joined by compatriot \u00c9der Milit\u00e3o in the Real Madrid treatment room, the injury-prone center back should make the World Cup squad if he can avoid further setbacks. Bruno Guimar\u00e3es is another concern for the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o, but the Newcastle United midfielder should make his return after the March international break.<\/p>\n
Alphonso Davies sparked fears following another injury in Bayern Munich\u2019s 6\u20131 Champions League win over Atalanta, but Jesse Marsch has revealed the left back should return after the March international break. Davies\u2019s recurring fitness issues mean he remains a doubt.<\/p>\n
Croatia need Jo\u0161ko Gvardiol and Mateo Kova\u010di\u0107 fit to over-perform. Gvardiol is expected to return before the campaign\u2019s end while Kova\u010di\u0107 is back in training after being unavailable since October.<\/p>\n
England face selection headaches too. Levi Colwill and James Maddison have both been out for the season with ACL tears, and Jack Grealish will likely miss the remainder of the campaign with a foot issue.<\/p>\n
Other notable situations include Boubacar Kamara\u2019s season-ending knee problem, Marc-Andr\u00e9 ter Stegen\u2019s hamstring layoff that has kept him out of Germany duty since June, and Takumi Minamino\u2019s likely absence after tearing his ACL. Wataru Endo requires a lengthy recovery from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n
Mexico carry multiple doubts and confirmed absentees, with Marcel Ruiz and Luis \u00c1ngel Malag\u00f3n set to miss out with ACL injuries. Matthijs de Ligt and Justin Kluivert face races to return from back and knee problems respectively. Cristiano Ronaldo has been absent since the end of February with a hamstring complaint but is expected to recover in time. Several Spain internationals and the USMNT\u2019s Cameron Carter-Vickers also remain in rehabilitation for serious injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Injury-hit squad news: key players ruled out or doubtful for the 2026 World Cup. Latest injury list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[961,1056],"tags":[1084,1073,947],"class_list":["post-9810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-man-city","tag-achilles-injury","tag-acl-injury","tag-ankle-injury"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}