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Virgil van Dijk says he is extremely disappointed that he will be unable to play against former Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane at the World Cup.
Van Dijk’s Netherlands and Mane’s Senegal have been drawn in Group A alongside hosts Qatar and Ecuador, and will face off against each other on Monday in their opening game of the tournament.
However, Mane who moved from Liverpool to Bayern Munich over the summer, will not be on the pitch having picked up a tendom injury while playing for his club.
Initially the forward was ruled out for the entire World Cup, only for the Senegal skipper to then be included in their 26-man squad with reports emerging that witch doctors had been employed to speed up his recovery.