{"id":23594,"date":"2019-11-04T14:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=23594"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:25:08","slug":"breaking-mubarak-wakaso-miss-start-afcon-qualifiers-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-mubarak-wakaso-miss-start-afcon-qualifiers-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Mubarak Wakaso to miss start of AFCON qualifiers through injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>BREAKING: Mubarak Wakaso to miss start of AFCON qualifiers through injury<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has suffered a fresh injury which will rule him out of the Black Stars&#8217; international assignments against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe this month.<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe Deportivo Alaves midfielder suffered\u00a0a fracture in the metacarpus of his right hand, which saw him miss the 4-2 defeat to Osasuna on Sunday in La Liga.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year old will undergo surgery today to determine the extent of the injury and how long he will be out.<\/p>\n<p>The swashbuckling midfielder has been a mainstay in manager Asier Geratino&#8217;s side this season, missing just a single game through suspension.<\/p>\n<p><center><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4814474600915358\" data-ad-slot=\"6605202572\"><\/ins><\/center>His absence will be a big blow for the El Glorisso, who lie 16th on the table, just two points off relegation.<\/p>\n<p>The injury to Wakaso means he will miss the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Villareal man had a good nations cup in the summer, where he was twice adjudged man of the match as the West Africans bowed out at the group stages.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\ncredit: Ghanasoccernet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BREAKING: Mubarak Wakaso to miss start of AFCON qualifiers through injury Ghana midfielder Mubarak Wakaso has suffered a fresh injury which will rule him out of the Black Stars&#8217; international assignments against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe this month. The Deportivo Alaves midfielder suffered\u00a0a fracture in the metacarpus of his right hand, which<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8417],"tags":[10193,3638,11638,5336],"class_list":{"0":"post-23594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-african-football","8":"category-featured","9":"tag-afcon-qualifiers","10":"tag-ghana-black-stars","11":"tag-mubarak-wakaso","12":"tag-south-africa"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MUBARAK-A.jpg?fit=662%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-68y","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32644,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghanaians-react-after-inactive-mubarak-wakaso-receives-black-stars-callup\/","url_meta":{"origin":23594,"position":0},"title":"Ghanaians react after &#8216;inactive&#8217; Mubarak Wakaso receives Black Stars callup","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"May 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Mubarak Wakaso\" is the trending number one topic on Twitter after the midfielder was included in the last Ghana Black Stars squad for the AFCON Qualifiers and 4-Nation tournament in Japan. 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