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Wales midfielder Joe Allen ruled out of Euro 2020 with Achilles injury

09-Mar-2020 08:58:26 | Four-Four-Two

Wales midfielder Joe Allen will miss Euro 2020 after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon, his club side Stoke have confirmed.The 29-year-old, who has 56 international caps, sustained the injury in the Potters 5-1 victory over Hull on Saturday.He was forced off at half-time after an awkward landing having tripped over Hulls Daniel Batty and will miss the rest of the season before sitting out this summers tournament.Its devastating for us and devastating for the boy, Stoke boss Michael ONeill told the clubs official website. "Its devastating for us and devastating for the boy. Not only will he miss the rest of the season but obviously miss EURO 2020 as well."#SCFC Stoke City FC (@stokecity) March 9, 2020Not only will he miss the rest of the season but obviously Euro 2020 as well.I know what it means for him to play for Wales and obviously we (Northern Ireland) played them in 2016 as well and he had a fantastic tournament then.Im sure he would have been looking forward to the finals and a chance for him to show again that hes a top, top international player, which hes proven in the past. Its taken a bit of the shine away for me.These things dont come around often in players careers so when its taken away from them cruelly with injury its not very nice.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-72310761-1', 'auto', {'name': 'pacontentapi'}); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'referrer', location.origin); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension1', 'By PA Sport Staff'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension2', '7922c13e-d4e0-4dd7-bc32-9fa933c36795'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension3', 'paservice:sport,paservice:sport:club-news,paservice:sport:football'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension6', 'story'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension7', 'composite'); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension8', null); ga('pacontentapi.set', 'dimension9', 'sport:football'); ga('pacontentapi.send', 'pageview', { 'location': location.href, 'page': (location.pathname + location.search + location.hash), 'title': 'Wales midfielder Joe Allen ruled out of Euro 2020 with Achilles injury'});