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Timothy Weah’s injury could keep him out of the USMNT’s September games

The forward’s ankle problem appears to be worse than originally thought

Timothy Weah’s time on the sidelines is going to be longer than initially expected — and it also may have ruled out a potential transfer to Valencia.

Lille coach Paulo Fonseca said last week that Weah’s ankle injury would likely keep him out for the club’s first two games of the season.

But one week later, Lille president Olivier Létang said the injury would keep Weah out at least three more weeks, which could mean he misses the USMNT’s final two World Cup tuneups on September 23 and 27 against Japan and Saudi Arabia.

“For Timothy Weah, he is injured in the ankle and has three weeks of immobilization,” Létang said at a press conference on Saturday.

Létang also spoke about Weah’s potential transfer to Valencia, saying there had been some interest from the La Liga side but that 22-year-old is now set to stay in France.

“We spoke with Timo, but there were no more requests than that. Valencia was there,” Létang said. “… [Weah] is expected to stay too.”

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Tim Weah to miss time for Lille with foot injury

USMNT and Lille forward Tim Weah is likely to miss at least two games for his club, as manager Paulo Fonseca confirmed a foot injury.

Tim Weah will have to wait at least a week or so before starting his club season.

That’s the verdict of Lille coach Paulo Fonseca, who told La Voix Du Nord that a foot injury will keep the U.S. men’s national team forward out of Friday’s match at Nantes, and that he will likely miss their next match (home vs. Paris Saint-Germain) as well.

“I don’t think Tim (Weah) will be back for the next match (against PSG),” said Fonseca of Weah, who last season was a regular for Lille, appearing in 35 matches across all competitions.

Weah missed Lille’s season-opening 4-1 win over Auxerre due to a suspension that carried over from the end of the 2021-22 season, but in the meantime apparently picked up the knock in training.

Will this impact Weah’s USMNT hopes?

It is not known at this point how long Weah will be out, but with Daryl Dike’s USMNT hopes pretty much sunk due to the severity of a recent thigh injury, USMNT fans would be advised to keep an eye on Lille’s lineups when they face Ajaccio and Nice in the last week of August.

The good news for Weah is that he has about a month to get fit before the USMNT names its roster for friendlies against Japan and Saudi Arabia. With Fonseca’s statement not even conclusively ruling Weah out for the PSG match, the early signs are that this injury may only be short-term.

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