French forward Hugo Ekitike suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon during Liverpool’s Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday and will miss the World Cup, French newspapers said The Parisian And The team rreported on Wednesday.
The 23-year-old pointed to his Achilles tendon as medical staff attended to him before being taken off on a stretcher at Anfield, where Liverpool lost 2-0 in the second leg of the quarter-final and exited the competition with a 4-0 aggregate defeat.
The French Football Federation (FFF) was not immediately available for comment.
Ekitike has scored 17 goals in all competitions this season since Liverpool signed him from Eintracht Frankfurt for £69 million ($93.58 million) in July.
The FIFA World Cup will be held from June 11 to July 19 in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Published on April 15, 2026
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