{"id":730149,"date":"2026-06-11T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/730149\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:13:09","slug":"striker-mo-toure-sends-injury-scare-through-socceroos-camp-on-eve-of-world-cup-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/730149\/","title":{"rendered":"Striker Mo Tour\u00e9 sends injury scare through Socceroos camp on eve of World Cup | Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Socceroos striker Mo Tour\u00e9 sent a scare through camp days before the team\u2019s World Cup<\/a> opener after he missed training on Wednesday (Thursday AEST), highlighting the vulnerability of a squad thin on forward options.<\/p>\n

Tour\u00e9 was at the team\u2019s training base in Oakland for the team photo, but he did not take part in training. Media were told the striker \u2013 who has a history of muscle injuries \u2013 is expected to train on Thursday (Friday AEST).<\/p>\n

Fullback Jordy Bos said he didn\u2019t initially realise Tour\u00e9 was absent until midway through the session, but emphasised how important the Norwich forward is to the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have other players as well that can also play striker, but to have Mo is really nice for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Defender Milos Degenek said he did not notice Tour\u00e9\u2019s absence at all, explaining the session was split between defenders and forwards.<\/p>\n

When told by Socceroos staff that Tour\u00e9 was expected to train on Friday, Degenek brushed off any concerns about the striker\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll see him tomorrow,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be more than happy to speak to you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old is tipped to start for the Socceroos in the crucial lone striker role in Tony Popovic\u2019s favoured system.<\/p>\n

Tour\u00e9 won his place after a strong season in England\u2019s Championship where he scored nine goals in 11 league appearances.<\/p>\n

Jordy Bos and Jackson Irvine at Socceroos training in Oakland. Photograph: Jason Henry\/EPA<\/p>\n

Despite his promising beginning to his career in England, he also missed more than a month due a groin injury suffered in February. He said on Wednesday that he has recently adopted a training regimen based around injury prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went to Europe, some of those injuries followed along and I re-injured them and re-injured them,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I had to do something, and I had to change something or they would have [kept] occurring, recurring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tour\u00e9\u2019s performances in England this year have increased optimism around his potential impact at this World Cup. If he is unable to play, however, it would leave the Socceroos short in an area the squad is already thin.<\/p>\n

The only other specialist striker in the squad, Tete Yengi, scored on the weekend against Switzerland but it was his first appearance for the national team.<\/p>\n

Mat Leckie spent much of his career as a forward, but has played more in midfield in recent years. Nishan Velupillay and Nestory Irankunda \u2013 both normally wingers or creative midfielders \u2013 could also be called upon to play up front.<\/p>\n

The Socceroos can still bring in an injury replacement for Tour\u00e9 if a serious injury is suffered no less than 24 hours before the team\u2019s first match on Saturday against Turkey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Socceroos striker Mo Tour\u00e9 sent a scare through camp days before the team\u2019s World Cup opener after he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":730150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-730149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/730150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}