Leroy Sane
Ruled Out Of Germany's Opening FIFA
World Cup Match vs Japan
Sane
came into the World Cup in good form for Bayern, having scored ten goals in
19 games in all competitions this season,
along with six assists.
Germany
winger Leroy Sane
has been ruled out of his side's opening match of the World Cup against Japan with a
knee injury.
The German Football Association
(DFB) confirmed the Bayern Munich forward's absence via Twitter on Tuesday.
The former Manchester City winger missed
training on Tuesday
, Germany's final training session before
the Japan fixture on Wednesday.
The DFB
has not given details on
the nature of Sane's injury.
Sane
came into the World Cup in good form for Bayern,
having scored ten goals in 19 games in all competitions this season
, along with six assists.
The remainder of manager Hansi Flick's 26-man Germany squad trained on Tuesday