Granit Xhaka's place on the 2018 World Cup has been thrown into doubt after he suffered a knee harm in coaching for Switzerland on Thursday.
Swiss information outlet RTS broke the story that the Arsenal midfielder suffered the harm to his left knee from a collision with teammate Valon Behrami throughout a rain-soaked coaching session in Lugano.
Images have emerged displaying Xhaka being helped off the pitch, and he was taken to hospital for additional scans to decide the severity of the harm.
He will certainly miss Switzerland's penultimate heat up match towards Spain on Sunday and will face a race towards time to be match for his group's opening recreation of the World Cup towards Brazil in Rostov on 17 June.
It could be a merciless blow for Xhaka, who loved a clear invoice of well being for the entire of the 2017/18 season as he featured in each league recreation for Arsenal.
Absolutely gutted for Granit Xhaka who was injured in Switzerland coaching at this time. Not solely was he enduring a good run of type, however the largest match in world soccer is simply across the nook. Hopefully he could make a speedy restoration.
— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) May 31, 2018
Xhaka has scored 9 targets in 61 appearances for Switzerland since making his worldwide debut in 2011. One of those got here on the final World Cup when he scored in a 5-2 group stage defeat towards France.
After the Spain pleasant, Switzerland face Japan in Italy subsequent Friday earlier than travelling to their World Cup base in Togliatti.
After the opener towards Brazil, Switzerland's remaining group video games are towards Serbia in Kaliningrad on 22 June and Costa Rica in Nizhny Novgorod on 27 June.