England Star Phil Foden Misses Game After Appendix Removed

Published: Monday, March 27, 2023 at 7:04 am

London, Mar 27 (AP) England player Phil Foden was ruled out of the European Championship qualifier against Ukraine after having his appendix removed hours before kickoff. The Manchester City forward underwent surgery on Sunday morning, the Football Association said. Also Read | Abdullah Shafique Becomes First Player in T20Is to Register Four Consecutive Ducks, Gets to Infamous Record During AFG vs PAK T20I Series. England went on to win 2-0, with Harry Kane scoring a record-extending 55th goal for his national team and Bukayo Saka adding another. No estimate has been given on how long Foden is expected to be out while he recovers, but he is likely to miss City's Premier League game against Liverpool next Saturday and could be a doubt for his team's Champions League quarterfinal first-leg match against Bayern Munich on April 11. Also Read | Bangladesh vs Ireland 1st T20I 2023 Live Streaming Online on FanCode: Get Free Live Telecast of BAN vs IRE Cricket Match on Gazi TV With Time in IST. “With Phil over the last 48 hours he was having symptoms and our doc (doctor) got a little bit more concerned yesterday afternoon as it started to become more apparent what it could be,” England coach Gareth Southgate said. “So thankfully he was in a good position to see a specialist and be operated on this morning. “But obviously that's a huge disappointment for him and for us because he's had a few camps where he's had injury or just things haven't worked out ... he's also been suffering with his foot injury and I think this hopefully could clear that up at the same time.” England has made a perfect start to its bid to reach Euro 2024. It beat defending champion Italy 2-1 on Thursday. AP (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

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