Diogo Jota’s World Cup dream is over after the Liverpool and Portugal forward was ruled out of next month’s competition because of a calf injury.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed Tuesday that the 25-year-old’s injury is “pretty serious.”
“Not good news on Diogo. He will miss the World Cup,” Klopp said, according to Sky Sports.
When asked about a timeline, Klopp replied, according to The Athletic’s James Pearce, “It will be months, I don’t want to put a number on it.”
Klopp added that Jota, who suffered the injury in Sunday’s win over Manchester City, won’t undergo surgery.
After such a good night at Anfield mine ended in the worst way ! In the last minute one of my dreams collapsed ?
I will be one more supporting from the outside, club and country, and fighting to be back as soon as possible ?
You’ll Never Walk Alone pic.twitter.com/gKssZSnLZ1— Diogo Jota (@DiogoJota18) October 18, 2022
Jota will miss Liverpool’s next five games before the Premier League breaks for the World Cup.
Portugal’s campaign in Qatar kicks off on Nov. 24 against Ghana before matches against Uruguay and South Korea in Group H.