Scary moment for Olympique Marseille: Amine Harit has injured his knee. Many players reacted in shock.

It was a collision that startled many players. Amine Harit, on loan from FC Schalke 04 to Olympique Marseille, apparently injured his knee in the match against AS Monaco. He remained on the pitch screaming, holding his right knee.

A little later he had to be carried off the pitch. A bitter moment. On Monday, his club announced the diagnosis: Harit has pulled his cruciate ligament. The worst fears thus failed to materialise, but the Moroccan will probably miss the World Cup.

It is already certain that Schalke will sell Amine Harit. The 25-year-old played his 15th competitive game for Marseille at the beginning of November, which means that a clause applies. “That is good news,” Schalke’s sports director Peter Knäbel said at the time. “I am pleased that he has made the games so quickly and he has shown that he is a Champions League player.” S04 will get around five million euros. The money has already been earmarked. Schalke wants to strengthen itself in the fight against relegation.

However, Amine Harit is now fighting for his health at a time when he seems to have found his fortune in France. At Marseille, he regularly comes into play, in the Champions League he even scored a goal and prepared three others. Nevertheless, the French first division club flew out of the top flight in the group with Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt.

Amine Harit moved from FC Nantes to FC Schalke 04 in 2017. At the beginning, the offensive player impressed with his wonderful technique. Later he declined more and more, the club wanted to get rid of the big earner. But S04 did not find a taker for a long time.

The match between AS Monaco, where Kevin Volland is under contract, and Olympique Marseille ended 3:2 for Marseille. Amine Harit, however, had long been substituted for former Schalke player Sead Kolasinac’s sensational 98th-minute winner.