Germany's first-choice goalkeeper Rene Adler could be set to miss June's World Cup after breaking a rib in training, it was reported on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Bayer Leverkusen star is German coach Joachim Loew's first-choice goalkeeper, but the injury throws his World Cup place into question, according to German television channel N24.
Adler won the first of his nine caps in October 2008 and along with Schalke's Manuel Neuer and Bremen's Tim Wiese was set to travel to South Africa to battle for Germany's Number One shirt.
Germany have drawn Australia, Serbia and Ghana in Group D and play warm-up matches against Malta on May 13, Hungary in Budapest on May 29 and Bosnia-Herzegovina on June 3.