PARIS: 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 on Wednesday.
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 quarter-final second leg, exiting the competition with a 4-0 aggregate defeat.
The French football federation 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 in July.
The World Cup is being held in the US, Mexico and Canada from June 11-July 19.