Bayern Munich's statement fell shortly after 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
Robert Lewandowski, the star striker of the German club who will be opposed to PSG in the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday 7 and Tuesday 13 April, will finally be absent "for about four weeks" because of a "ligament stretch in his right knee ".
The Pole will therefore only be restored for a possible semi-final if his club were to qualify.
Fears have been high on the German side since Lewandowski's exit on Sunday night in Poland's 2022 World Cup qualifier against Andorra, after feeling pain in his right knee while playing for a ball in the box in the 63rd minute of play.
Robert Lewandowski hat sich eine Bänderdehnung im rechten Knie zugezogen.
Der Stürmer of FC Bayern wird rund vier Wochen ausfallen.
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At first, the Polish federation, after releasing the player to return to Munich for treatment, had nevertheless wanted to be reassuring.
In a press release, she mentioned 5 to 10 days of care.
Ultimately it will be a lot more and it changes a lot of things for Bayern.
The reigning European champion will face Leipzig this Saturday, his runner-up in the Bundesliga, without his star scorer.
Then, he will have to do without him during the double confrontation against PSG.
This season, the rare times that Lewandowski did not appear as a starter, he was replaced by Choupo-Moting, the former Parisian.
But all observers and specialists of German football agree that Bayern is no longer the same team without Lewandowski.
Poland, for its part, faces England this Wednesday evening.
Two players in the squad (Grzegorz Krychowiak and Kamil Piatkowski) tested positive for Covid-19 before this match.
In total, four players have tested positive for a week.