Big blow for Poland as Milik is ruled out of Euros
Poland will be without Arkadiusz Milik for its UEFA Euro 2024 campaign, with manager Michal Probierz confirming the striker had sustained an injury in its 3-1 victory over Ukraine.
The Juventus striker was forced to withdraw from the action in just the second minute of the encounter at Stadion Narodowy after going down with a knee injury and was assisted off the pitch by medical staff.
The Eagles boss confirmed that the 30-year-old would not feature in the tournament, with the Polish Football Association revealing Milik will undergo arthroscopic surgery having suffered a meniscus problem.
The striker has previously found himself in this unfortunate scenario, having missed UEFA Euro 2021 after an injury in Marseille's final match of the 2020-2021 Ligue 1 campaign.
He also did not feature in either of Poland's play-off qualifiers against Estonia and Wales in March.
Milik managed eight goals for Juventus in 36 appearances in all competitions last season but could now face a significant spell on the sidelines.
Poland faces Turkey in its final warm-up fixture before travelling to Germany on Monday, facing Netherlands in a Group A opener in Hamburg on 17 June (AEST), followed by matches against Austria and France.
Final Poland squad: Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Marcin Bulka (Nice), Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli), Jakub Kiwior (Arsenal), Tymoteusz Puchacz (Kaisersluatern), Bartosz Salamon (Lech Poznan), Pawel Dawidowicz (Verona), Sebastian Walukiewicz (Empoli), Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Piotr Zielenski (Napoli), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), Sebastian Szymanski (Fenerbahce), Jakub Moder (Brighton & Hove Albion), Damian Szymanski (AEK Athens), Nicola Zalewksi (Roma), Bartosz Slisz (Atlanta United), Michal Skoras (Club Brugge), Jakub Piotrowksi (Ludogorets Razgrad), Taras Romanczuk (Jagiellonia Bialystok), Kacper Urbanski (Bologna), Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Karol Swiderksi (Verona), Krzysztof Piatek (Istanbul Basaksehir), Adam Buksa (Antalyaspor).
