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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