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Hugo Ekitike 'out of the World Cup and rest of Liverpool's season': Worrying reports emerge from France on £79m striker's injury

Hugo Ekitike has been ruled out of this summer’s World Cup after pulling up with an injury on Tuesday night, according to reports in France.

The 23-year-old French striker will undergo tests on Wednesday which is expected to confirm a ruptured Achilles tendon, reported RMC Sport.

Ekitike went down off the ball 30 minutes into Liverpool’s quarter-final second leg match against Paris Saint-Germain, and was taken off on a stretcher.

‘Hugo looks really bad but it is difficult to say how bad,’ Slot said after the game.

‘Let’s see. It doesn’t look good, that is clear. I didn’t see him at half-time and after the game he was already home. I have not spoken to him yet.’

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