Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara controls the ball during a training session at Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence in Doha January 8, 2014. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad
BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich and Spain midfielder Thiago Alcantara will miss the World Cup for the defending champions as well as this week's German Cup final after tearing a knee ligament this week that will need surgery, the club said on Thursday.
The 23-year-old, who joined Bayern this season and was named in Spain's World Cup squad on Monday, has been out since March with a different ligament injury in the right knee and was hoping to play in the Cup final against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
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