Liverpool told Hugo Ekitike recovery timeframe in “best case scenario”
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Few injuries this season have hit Liverpool quite as hard as the one Hugo Ekitike picked up against Paris Saint-Germain. Image Credits: Imago ImagesFew injuries this season have hit Liverpool quite as hard as the one Hugo Ekitike picked up against Paris Saint-Germain.The 23-year-old French striker went down without contact midway through the first half of the Champions League quarter-final second leg at Anfield on, and the worst was confirmed within 48 hours: a fully ruptured Achilles tendon.The diagnosis was about as bleak as it gets.
Liverpool announced Ekitike would miss the remainder of the club season, sit out France’s World Cup campaign this summer, and almost certainly be unavailable for the opening months of the 2026-27 campaign too.The good news, at least, is that the operation itself went off without a hitch. James Pearce of the Athletic has revealed that Arsenal forward Eberechi Eze was sidelined for just six months after rupturing his Achilles in May 2021 with Crystal Palace, returning to Premier League action that November after pushing himself relentlessly through rehab.Modern surgical techniques have clearly cut down recovery windows for elite athletes, and that’s the kind of timeline the journalist is now suggesting regarding operation techniques for the injury:“Liverpool also have to factor in to their recruitment plans,” Pearce began on the Walk On Podcast.
Because thankfully we know that Ekitike’s surgery went well in London and he’s now embarking on the rehab and Liverpool have been reluctant to put any kind of time frame on it.”“I know Eze was only out for six months with that injury. But I think six months is the absolute best-case scenario.”It’s certainly good news and suggests that Ekitike will be able to play in large parts of next season.Meanwhile, Liverpool’s recruitment department now face a genuinely tricky summer puzzle: do they trust the existing options to cover, or move decisively in the market for another senior striker to share the load until Ekitike is back firing?Either way, the Frenchman’s road back has already begun – and supporters can at least take comfort that the first, and most crucial, hurdle has been cleared.