Jude Bellingham will undergo surgery on a shoulder injury after Real Madrid’s Club World Cup campaign, according to reports.
The England international has been troubled by the problem for some time and reports in Spain suggest he will miss the first six weeks of next season.
Bellingham suffered the injury when he fell awkwardly during a match on November 23 and has been playing through pain and with it strapped since.
The Spanish club take part in this summer’s revamped Club World Cup, which is being held in the United States between June 15 and July 13.
It is reported that the 21-year-old will have surgery when that tournament ends and faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines.
That would be expected to rule him out of the start of next season’s LaLiga campaign as well as England’s World Cup qualifiers against Andorra and Serbia in September.
England boss Thomas Tuchel will name his squad for next month’s matches on Friday and given the nature of the opposition – they face Andorra in a qualifier and Senegal in a friendly – Bellingham may not be selected in any case.
The midfielder has played 52 times for Real Madrid this season, scoring 14 goals as they will finish second in LaLiga behind Barcelona when the campaign ends at the weekend.
The Football Association and Real Madrid were contacted by the PA news agency for comment.
