Overview
- Liverpool, which confirmed the diagnosis on Thursday, said scans showed a ruptured Achilles and that Hugo Ekitike will miss the rest of the club season and France’s World Cup squad.
- The 23-year-old went down off the ball during the first half of Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain after a slip on the turf and was stretchered off.
- The club gave no return date, though medical guidance and multiple reports point to a long rehabilitation for Achilles ruptures that often extends toward nine months and typically follows surgery.
- Ekitike has 17 goals in his debut Liverpool season after a high-fee move from Eintracht Frankfurt, and his loss tightens options for Arne Slot’s injury-hit side with six league games left in a push for a top-five finish.
- France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed his World Cup absence, and local reports say the layoff could influence Liverpool’s summer recruitment as the club plans for outgoing players up front.