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26.08.2017Bayer 04

Pohjanpalo ruled out for four weeks

Bayer 04 Leverkusen will have to manage without Joel Pohjanpalo in the immediate future. The Finland international suffered a torn muscle in his right hip in the final pre-match training session on Friday 25 August.
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The 22-year-old striker is expected to return in around a month. That means he will not play for his country during the international break but instead start rehab treatment in Leverkusen.

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