France forward Hugo Ekitike suffered a ruptured Achilles during Liverpool’s Champions League clash against Paris St Germain on Tuesday and will miss the World Cup, French newspapers Le Parisien and L’Equipe reported yesterday.
The 23-year-old pointed to his Achilles tendon as medical staff attended to him before he was carried off on a stretcher at Anfield, where Liverpool lost 2-0 in their quarterfinal second leg, exiting the competition with a 4-0 aggregate defeat.
The French football federation (FFF) was not immediately available for comment.
Ekitike has 17 goals in all competitions this season since Liverpool signed him from Eintracht Frankfurt for 69 million pounds ($93.58 million) in July.
The World Cup is being held in the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11-July 19.