(Reuters) - Southampton's Japan defender Maya Yoshida will recover from his knee injury in time for this year's World Cup but will miss the rest of the Premier League season, his club manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Thursday.
"He will be out for six or seven weeks but his participation in the World Cup will not be threatened," Pochettino said on the Southampton website (www.saintsfc.co.uk).
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