A slight clearing for Hugo Ekitiké. While Liverpool hoped to come back to score against Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League on April 14, the Frenchman suddenly collapsed to the ground, forced to leave the Anfield pitch on a stretcher half an hour into the game.
A few hours later, the Reds confirmed the terrible verdict for their center forward recruited for 95 million euros last summer, victim of a ruptured Achilles tendon in his right leg and therefore forfeited for the rest of the season as well as for the 2026 World Cup with the Blues.
This Friday, Arne Slot gave reassuring news about his player. “The operation went well”explained the coach in a pre-match press conference against Crystal Palace (Saturday, 4 p.m.). “ It was a simple but important step for him to take. »
Hugo Ekitiké absent “several months”
If no specific return date has been given, it won’t arrive for a while. “ But in such a long rehabilitation process, there are a lot of crucial steps to take before you can really say ‘it’s going to take this many months or this many months “, recalled the Dutchman.
Caution is therefore advised in Liverpool regarding Ekitiké. “
Cit will take several months. Then everything will depend on how the rehabilitation goes. He’s a very explosive player, in general it’s not ideal to have this type of injury. But maybe he will be an exception, we don’t know yet. »
