( CNN ) -- Another day , another star player ruled out of the 2014 World Cup . France is the latest team to suffer a hammer blow after playmaker Franck Ribery failed to overcome a back injury . Ribery , who plays club football for German champions Bayern Munich , had been battling the problem ahead of France 's opening Group E match against Honduras on June 15 . The 31-year-old had been following an individual training regime , but was forced to pull out of his first full session back with the squad . It was a doubly bad day for France coach Didier Deschamps as Lyon midfielder Clement Grenier 's World Cup was ended before it began due to a thigh injury . `` ( Ribery ) stopped with a strong pain , '' Deschamps , who captained France to World Cup glory in 1998 , told reporters . `` He had tests early in the afternoon which unfortunately confirmed the severity of the situation , that he will be unavailable for several weeks . '' Ribery , who played for France in the 2006 World Cup final , and Grenier will be replaced in the squad by Montpellier 's Remy Cabella and Morgan Schneiderlin of Southampton . `` The two players were on the reserve list and they are similar to the two players who left us , '' added Deschamps . `` You can not copy them exactly but Morgan Schneiderlin is the player most in the profile of Clement Grenier , and Remy Cabella is the most in the profile of Franck Ribery . '' Ribery is the latest high-profile player to be ruled out of football 's showpiece event . Colombia striker Radamel Falcao failed in his bid to recover from a knee injury , while reigning world champions Spain will be without the services of Ribery 's Bayern teammate Thiago and Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes . The Netherlands has lost two key players to injury . Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman is out with a long-term knee problem , joining Hamburg 's Rafael van der Vaart on the sidelines . England is missing Arsenal 's Theo Walcott for the tournament , while his Arsenal teammate Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is also struggling to play a part in Brazil after injuring himself in Wednesday 's friendly against Ecuador . Fitness doubts also hover over two of the world 's finest players . Uruguay 's Luis Suarez is in a race against time to recover from knee surgery , with FIFA Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo also managing a thigh injury and tendonitis in his knee , which has ruled the Real Madrid forward out of Portugal 's warmup match against Mexico on Friday .
France 's Paul Lambert is out of World Cup with a back injury . The attacking midfielder had been battling to regain his fitness . France 's Clement ##e will also miss the tournament with a thigh injury . France 's opening match is against Honduras on June 15 .