{"id":15721,"date":"2026-01-06T21:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15721"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:43:43","slug":"2026-world-cup-salisu-injury-deals-major-blow-to-black-stars-kingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15721","title":{"rendered":"2026 World Cup: Salisu Injury Deals Major Blow to Black Stars \u2013 Kingston&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-125340-696x524-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-125340-696x524-1.png 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-125340-696x524-1-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-125340-696x524-1-360x270.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Black Stars forward Laryea Kingston has described Mohammed Salisu\u2019s recent injury as a significant blow for Ghana ahead of the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old centre-back suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury, confirmed by French side AS Monaco this summer, casting serious doubt over his participation in the tournament in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to 3Sports, Kingston, who now coaches Uganda\u2019s youth national teams, stressed the impact Salisu\u2019s absence could have on the squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very big blow for us because he is such an important figure at the back,\u201d Kingston, who now coaches Uganda\u2019s junior national teams, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you talk about experienced players at our back line, I think if he\u2019s one of them and it\u2019s going to be a very big blow for us,\u201d he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salisu has been central to the Black Stars\u2019 defence, forming a reliable partnership with Alexander Djiku in recent matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Stars head coach Otto Addo is expected to unveil his final World Cup squad on June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black Stars forward Laryea Kingston has described Mohammed Salisu\u2019s recent injury as a significant blow for Ghana ahead of the 2026 World Cup. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15723,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15721\/revisions\/15723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}