'Hugo Ekitike will be out for ages with injury I had – I was so scared after my recovery'

'Hugo Ekitike will be out for ages with injury I had – I was so scared after my recovery'Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike will miss the rest of the season and the World Cup after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in the Champions LeagueCommentsSportChris Burns Senior Sports Writer and Kasra Moradi Senior Sports Journalist15:51, 16 Apr 2026View 3 ImagesLiverpool's Hugo Ekitiké has been ruled out for the remainder of the season(Image: Xavier Laine, Getty Images)Hugo Ekitike faces a lengthy and "horrible" road to recovery after suffering a devastating Achilles tendon injury. The Liverpool striker will now miss the remainder of the season as well as this summer's World Cup.The 23-year-old was carried off on a stretcher early in Liverpool's Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday evening after losing his footing less than half an hour into the quarter-final tie.Former Aston Villa forward Gabby Agbonlahor, speaking on talkSPORT, offered his sympathies to the French international, explaining that he had endured the same injury himself in the past. The retired striker admitted that it could be almost a year before Liverpool supporters see Ekitike back in action.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FB PAGE! Latest Reds news and more on our dedicated Facebook page"I've done that injury," Agbonlahor told co-host Andy Goldstein. "I did it playing badminton. It's not painful, it's weird, and it felt like I was running toward the net, it felt like something had landed on me, like a brick had hit me or landed on the back of my leg."I went down and I went hmm. I remember Jermaine Jenas doing his and saying it feels weird like someone's shot you. It's a weird feeling, the pain comes later on at the hospital when you have to put all the strappings on.READ MORE: Liverpool 'putting transfer feelers out' in bad news for Man Utd as two signings decidedREAD MORE: Liverpool confirm extent of Hugo E...