Real Madrid's Toni Kroos faces lengthy absence with fractured foot By AFP Sport
Last Updated: 08/11/16 1:21pm
Real Madrid's Toni Kroos is the latest Germany star ruled out of Friday's 2018 World Cup Qualifier away to San Marino with a fractured foot. The 26-year-old misses the qualifier, live on Sky Sports Mix, with a hairline fracture of the metatarsal bone. The German international may need surgery and could be ruled out for up to three months. He suffered the injury in Real's 3-0 win over Leganes on Sunday and cannot train for the next 10 days, the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Tuesday.
Kroos had the injury confirmed after a scan in Munich with the national team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Mueller-Wohlfahrt.
The attacking midfielder joins centre-back Jerome Boateng, who was forced out of Germany's qualifier after injuring his right groin and knee in Bayern Munich's 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Both Kroos and Juventus' Sami Khedira were called up for the qualifier against San Marino, ranked 199 places below Germany by FIFA, before being released to their respective clubs.
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