Ekitike to miss rest of season and World Cup after rupturing Achilles

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Liverpool have confirmed that striker Hugo Ekitike has sustained a "serious" Achilles injury and will miss the rest of the season and the World Cup with France.The forward had to be substituted during the first half of Tuesday's Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield after a slip on the turf and scans on the injury have confirmed a rupture of the Achilles tendon. Liverpool confirmed on Thursday: "Ekitike will therefore be sidelined for the remaining weeks of the club season and unable to participate at this summer's World Cup with France."Transfer Centre LIVE! | Liverpool news & transfers🔴Liverpool fixtures & scores | FREE Liverpool PL highlights▶️Got Sky?

Also See: Liverpool fixtures Liverpool news and transfer latest Download the Sky Sports App Get Sky Sports on WhatsApp "But I wanted to express all my support to him, as well as that of the entire staff. We know he'll be fully behind the France team and we're all thinking of him very strongly." Image: Hugo Ekitike is out for the season with an Achilles injury Ekitike picked up the injury just as Alexander Isak returned from his serious leg injury, with the British record transfer making his first start since fracturing his ankle in December.Ekitike has scored 19 goals for Liverpool and France this season after signing from Eintracht Frankfurt for £79m last summer.Another injury for Liverpool...Sky Sports' Peter Smith:Another injury for Liverpool compounds a common and unfortunate theme for their season.

But Ekitike's injury against PSG added to Liverpool's frustrating night, and Slot pointed out how he hasn't had a chance to use those three big names together often enough."For 88 minutes [before Tuesday] we have played with Florian [Wirtz], Alex and Hugo. We added about 27 to that [on Tuesday] and I would be surprised if we add more minutes to that this season," he said.On Ekitike's injury, he added: "Losing a game is hard but again losing a player is something we've had many times this season."First-choice keeper Alisson has also missed game time with hamstring problems, Conor Bradley has had knee surgery, Giovanni Leoni's ACL injury put a strain on centre-back depth, while Jeremie Frimpong, Wataru Endo and Joe Gomez have also been out for significant spells.After claiming the fitness of his squad was at its best for the campaign before facing PSG, to yet another setback.