Bitter news for Bayer Leverkusen and the German national team: Super talent Florian Wirtz will be out longer than previously thought and will probably miss the World Cup.

Next mission 2023? National player Florian Wirtz has been out of action at Bayer Leverkusen since March with a cruciate ligament rupture. His coach Gerardo Seoane is now giving an update that football Germany will not like: “It will probably be October, November. If he gets well and can train until then, there might be another assignment. But I don’t expect Florian until 2023,” said the Swiss of the “image”.

It will be tight for the World Cup: If this is true, the German hopes for youngsters will miss the World Cup in Qatar (November 21 to December 18). So far, it was assumed that the midfielder could just about reach the World Cup.

Last hope: Seoane Wirtz does not want to write off completely for the World Cup: “It may be that he is there at the end of the first half of the season, then it is the decision of the national coach. We know that it takes time after a cruciate ligament injury. The same applies to Flo: take small steps first.”

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