David Beckham suffered an Achilles tendon injury on Sunday during his game for AC Milan. Beckham is most likely to now miss the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa, due to his injury.

Beckham will fly to Finland today, where medical experts will determine the extent of the injury.  Whilst a complete rupture of an Achilles tendon can take several months to heal, a smaller tear in the tendon may heal quicker. If the tendon is completely ruptured then both ends of the tendon will have to be sewn back together.  Lets hope for England football fan’s sakes that he will heal quickly.

A ruptured Achilles tendon

Doctors are not confident that Beckham will be fit in time for the Soccer World Cup. Ellie Steele, a sports therapist, was quoted on BBC,  “It’s such a serious injury, he’d have been better off to have broken a bone”.  Sports specialists are saying that David Beckham may even be out for the rest of the year, as it will not be before June before he can get full use of his leg back and start training again. The risk of re-rupturing the tendon will always be there.

Having been kept on the bench for many of his games this year, it was not certain that Beckham would have made the final England team.  Although his accurate free-kicks could have served England well, if goals were required!

Now it remains to be seen if Beckham can continue with his career at Galaxy for Major League Soccer, as he nears the end of his playing career.  He is a determined professional soccer player, so I am sure that once he has undergone surgery and healed, that he will be back playing.

This would be Beckham’s fourth Soccer World Cup, if he plays.