4.Matija Nastasic
Schalke defender Matija Nastasic finds himself in a race to be fit for the World Cup 2018 after damaging the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The Serbian centre-back had to be substituted in Schalke’s 3-2 Bundesliga defeat to Hamburg raising concerns about the injury.
Schalke official statement on the injury stated: “The following diagnosis showed the injury in his knee that will rule him out for eight to 12 weeks.”
Nastasic quoted to a Serbian website: “I will be sidelined for several weeks after damaging my knee ligaments but I don’t know exactly how long or whether I will recover in time for the World Cup,”