London, Jan 19 (UNI) Crystal Palace midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek down with ankle injury appears doubtful for the World Cup in Russia, informed club manager Roy Hodgson on Thursday.
"The injury is more severe than we originally thought, or perhaps hoped, it would be," Hodgson said.
"I would be very disappointed, surgery or no surgery, if he's not playing before the end of the season. We certainly want him to be and I would presume Chelsea would want him to be.The only way he can make himself available for Crystal Palace or England is to be fit and at the moment that isn't the case", Hodgson added.