Werder Bremen Lose Salim Musah for Months After Germany U20 Thigh Injury

Werder Bremen Lose Salim Musah for Months After Germany U20 Thigh Injury

Werder Bremen forward Salim Musah has been ruled out until the new year after suffering a severe left thigh injury while on international duty with the Germany U20 national team, the club have confirmed.

The 20-year-old sustained the injury during the recent international window — he earned three caps for the U20 side, most recently appearing in a 1-0 victory over France shortly before picking up the problem. The exact medical diagnosis has not been made public, but the club's announcement leaves no ambiguity about the timescale: Musah will not be available again until 2027 begins.

A Bitter Blow for Player and Club

Head coach Daniel Thioune called the development a bitter pill for both the player and the team, pointing to the steady development the attacker had been showing. Werder's medical staff are now consulting with the German Football Association's medical department to map out the next steps of his rehabilitation, and the club have pledged their full support during his recovery.

For a young player whose trajectory had been climbing, the timing could hardly be worse. Born in Oldenburg, Musah has been with Werder since 2017 and broke through last campaign, making his professional Bundesliga debut on matchday 26 against Mainz 05 and going on to make 12 appearances, scoring his first league goal in a 1-2 defeat to RB Leipzig.

What Werder Lose

This season the right-footed attacker had featured four times off the bench and been an unused substitute once — a squad-rotation role rather than a starting spot, but one Thioune had been growing into more substantial minutes. Musah's contract runs through June 30, 2028, and Transfermarkt values him at €2 million, a figure that speaks to a talent still on the rise rather than a finished article.

The injury removes a developing option from a Werder attack that will now have to plan the entire first half of the season without him, and the club's supporters will hope the rehabilitation runs clean and the youngster returns early in the new year as scheduled.