Hugo Ekitike injury update: Liverpool and France striker to miss World Cup with Achilles rupture, per reports
Liverpool have endured a difficult 2025/26 season, and now that one new striker has returned from a lengthy injury, another has gone down and will miss a significant amount of time.
Hugo Ekitike injury update: Liverpool and France striker to miss World Cup with Achilles rupture, per reports originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Liverpool have endured a difficult 2025/26 season, struggling to recreate the heights they reached the previous year as they romped to the Premier League title.
Struggling to entrench themselves in a Champions League qualifying position in the domestic standings this time around, Arne Slot has dealt with significant adversity this season, from Premier League struggles to a Champions League quarterfinal exit to multiple injuries across the board. The summer transfer arrivals had it worst on the injury front, as Alexander Isak went down with a broken leg shortly into his Liverpool tenure. Then, like clockwork, in Isak's first start back after his lengthy recovery, Hugo Ekitike has suffered a long-term injury of his own.
The Sporting News details what has befallen the France international striker and when he could return, understanding that more will become clear in the coming days, weeks, and months as his recovery progresses. MORE: Liverpool injury updates and team news ahead of their next match What is Hugo Ekitike's injury? According to French publication L'Equipe , Hugo Ekitike has suffered a tear of the Achilles tendon in his right ankle.
Ekitike was injured in the second leg of Liverpool’s Champions League quarterfinal against defending European champions Paris Saint-Germain. He landed awkwardly on his ankle and fell to the ground, needing to be stretchered off the pitch. The 23-year-old is international teammates with many of the players on French giants PSG, and his injury clearly affected both the opponents and his club teammates, who came over to console him on the pitch.