It is a cruel blow to pick up an injury this close to the World Cup. Gareth Southgate is on the verge of confirming his England squad and Ben Chilwell was almost guaranteed to be in it.
The Chelsea left-back has probably not played for his country as regularly as he would have liked and was very much second-choice to Luke Shaw, but he would have gone to Qatar.
Now he's resigned to watching the World Cup on television after a hamstring injury suffered in Wednesday night's Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb ruled him out of the tournament.