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England's Henderson undergoes surgery after freak arm injury in Mexico celebrations

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England midfielder Jordan Henderson has undergone surgery on his arm after a freak injury he suffered following the team's thrilling World Cup win against Mexico.

[p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a] player fell over advertising hoardings during celebrations after the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/mexico-O6iHcNkd/?mid=bc27lzfo"]3-2 victory[/a] at the Estadio Azteca, which took them through to the quarter-finals.[/p][p]The 36-year-old was taken to hospital, having left the field on a stretcher.[/p][p]He is now set to miss the remainder of the World Cup but is expected to stay with the team at their Kansas City base.[/p][p][b]"Surgery done. Let's get ready for the big one on Saturday," [/b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henderson-jordan/UFMlUD6r/"]Henderson[/a] posted on Instagram.[/p][embed guid="97af7703-f463-41ce-9442-30723b92861e" url="https://x.com/England/status/2074872988915368397" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"Thank you to all the staff that looked after me at Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute, especially the three surgeons who carried out the operation."[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/england/j9N9ZNFA/"]England[/a] face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/haaland-erling/UmV9iQmE/"]Erling Haaland[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/8rP6JO0H/"]Norway[/a] in the last eight of the World Cup in [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/england-j9N9ZNFA/norway-8rP6JO0H/?mid=UyLHmWuh"]Miami on Saturday[/a].[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]

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