Joe Gomez will miss Liverpool’s Champions League final against Real Madrid and the World Cup with England after undergoing ankle surgery.
The 20-year-old’s season is over after an operation to correct a long-standing ankle injury. The defender damaged the joint playing for England against the Netherlands in March but, after a month on the sidelines, returned for Liverpool’s Premier League games against West Bromwich Albion and Stoke City with Jürgen Klopp low on options.
Gomez played with pain in both matches and suffered an early knock to the ankle in the draw with Stoke, although completed the full 90 minutes against Paul Lambert’s team. His early comeback from injury, which allowed Klopp to rotate his reduced squad either side of the Champions League semi-final with Roma, has come at a price and the England international will not be available for the final in Kiev on 26 May.
The former Charlton Athletic defender posted on his Instagram account: “Gutted to confirm that my season for both club and country is over having undergone successful ankle surgery … Been a tough few weeks trying everything possible to be available on the pitch to help the team. I’m going to do all I can to get back and be in the best possible shape for pre season.”
