England's Livramento out of WCup, Chalobah in
Tino Livramento has been ruled out of the World Cup with a hamstring injury and will be replaced by Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah, England announced on Tuesday.
DALLAS -- England have suffered an injury blow on the eve of their World Cup opener against Croatia , with Newcastle's Tino Livramento ruled out of the competition. Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah has been called up as his replacement.
Livramento picked up the calf injury in training on Sunday. Sources have told ESPN he is likely to be out for a period of six weeks. That timeframe rules him out of the World Cup so England have turned to Chalobah to replace him.
"Arrangements are now being made for the Chelsea defender to make the journey to the team's base camp in Kansas City, while the rest of the…
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