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Salernitana striker Dia ruled out of AFCON through injury – report


Current reviews from DAZN Italia counsel that Salernitana striker Boulaye Dia is ready to overlook out on the 2024 version of the Africa Cup of Nations by way of damage.
The 27-year-old has reportedly suffered a medium-grade muscular damage to the biceps femoris muscle in his left hamstring. It’s anticipated that he might be dominated out for a interval of round 4 to 5 weeks following detailed damage assessments over the festive interval.
The damage will, nevertheless, rule him out of the upcoming AFCON match, which kicks off in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on January 13, working till February 11.
His damage is due to this fact additionally more likely to preserve him out of all of Salernitana’s January fixtures, which features a league and cup double towards Juventus, in addition to video games towards Napoli and Roma in Serie A.
Dia’s absence might be a sore miss for Senegal, who’re at the moment the bookies’ favourites to win the eventual last.
Dia has scored on six events for his nationwide facet from a complete of 25 caps over the past three years, together with two from two in 2023.
Although accidents have saved him out of motion for spells throughout the first half of the 2023-24 season, Dia has additionally scored 4 objectives from 9 Serie A appearances this time period, on high of a formidable 16 from 33 for Salernitana final marketing campaign.