Erling Haaland's injury problems this season have been well documented, and the Norwegian striker is once again set to miss out on another crucial game for Borussia Dortmund.
Die Schwarzgelben have it all to do in their Europa League round of 32 tie after losing the first leg 4-2 to Rangers, and now their task has gotten that much more difficult due to the absence of their key striker. Haaland has been unable to feature in Dortmund's last four games across all comps due to a muscular strain sustained during a January match.
Given that Dortmund, who hosted the first leg at Signal Iduna Park, ended up losing without Haaland in their ranks, Marco Rose will naturally have some major selection headaches as he tries to figure out his starting XI ahead of the trip to face Rangers on their home turf this Thursday.
It's a big disappointment especially considering it was being reported that Haaland had returned to training, but clearly the club feel that the 21-year-old, who is a target for many large clubs across Europe, could do well with some more rest and recovery ahead of Dortmund's Bundesliga tie against Augsburg this weekend.
