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Dortmund updates:
BVB criticize Guerreiro's call-up, Sancho may be out until mid-April

By Peter Weis   @PeterVicey

Much to the chagrin of the BVB, Raphaël Guerreiro will be traveling with the Portuguese national team for World Cup Qualifying fixtures in Italy, Serbia, and Luxembourg despite being injured.

The club's other major injury, Jadon Sancho, is also abroad seeing a specialist for a problematic section of muscle tears.

Germany's Ruhrnachrichten provided updates on both players in its Sunday evening edition.
Raphael Guerreiro.
Raphael Guerreiro.Photo: Borussia Dortmund
Buccaneering left-back Raphaël Guerreiro has not appeared for Dortmund since the DFB quarterfinal victory over Gladbach on March 2nd. The same applies to the scorer of the game-winning goal in that fixture, Jadon Sancho. 


Local newspaper Ruhrnachrichten reports that, insofar as the BVB is concerned, the news for both players isn't good. Guerreiro has been called up to his national team and must report despite a serious calf injury that keeps him out of even individualized training. 

Dortmund's hands are tied in Guerreiro's case. Current FIFA regulations permit the Portuguese FA to call up Guerreiro up under the auspices of an examination by their own medical staff.

Sporting Director Michael Zorc condemned the move as "senseless" while his protege and eventual replacement Sebastian Kehl told the newspaper that his club "cannot understand the FA's decision." The BVB and FPF already have a tumultuous history dating back to an injury Guerreiro suffered during the 2017 Confederations Cup. 

A separate article appearing in the Ruhrnachrichten late edition addressed the injury keeping attacker Jadon Sancho on the sidelines. The newspaper refutes a SportBild report claiming that the England international tore a full muscle cluster. The 20-year-old nevertheless struggles with a smaller section of torn structures that will likely keep him out until mid-April. 

Sancho left the club earlier in the week to work with a specialist abroad. Given the nature of the injury, the newspaper speculates that his earliest possible return date would be the April 14 UCL quarterfinal fixture against Manchester City. 


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