David Beckham is set to miss World Cup in South Africa after David Beckham ruptured his achilles tendon with two minutes remaining of AC Milan playing against Chievo in Serie A match last night.
A TV reporter said Beckham told Milan's club doctor: "It's broken, it's broken."
Beckham's injury incident...
"The World Cup is finished for David Beckham.", said the AC Milan medic, Jean-Pierre Meerseman.
AC Milan confirmed Beckham snapped the tendon in his left leg and will out of action for at least 3 months. Beckham will fly to Finland for surgery today.
AC Milan boss Leonardo said: "We will wait for tests but it looks very serious. The injury makes us feel terrible. He is an extraordinary guy and his performance in this game proved that yet again. I cannot enjoy this evening considering what has happened to David [Beckham]. But when the tendon goes you feel it straight away and he understood immediately that he had torn it and what that meant."
