Jarell Quansah injury: How long England defender could be out for as Thomas Tuchel delivers update

England manager Thomas Tuchel has expressed interest implicit Jarell Quansah's wounded pursuing the defender's withdrawal against Panama successful the Three Lions' last World Cup Group L game.

Knowing that a triumph successful East Rutherford would astir surely warrant apical spot successful the section, England overcame Panama 2-0 to advancement to the past 32 successful archetypal place.

Quickfire second-half goals from Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham made the quality for a rotated England side, who made 4 changes to the squad that drew 0-0 with Ghana past Wednesday.

One of those alterations saw Quansah travel successful for the stricken Reece James, who has picked up different hamstring injury amid fears that helium could besides miss a mates of knockout games for England.

However, the Bayer Leverkusen defender past joined James connected the attraction array aboriginal successful the 2nd half, arsenic Quansah limped disconnected with an evident ankle injury pursuing a tangle with Panama attacker Jose Luis Rodriguez.

Thomas Tuchel provides update connected Jarell Quansah England injury

Djed Spence provided earthy screen astatine right-back, but the Tottenham Hotspur defender is present Tuchel's lone out-and-out enactment successful that area, pursuing Tino Livramento's withdrawal owed to injury.

Speaking to the media post-match, Tuchel was keeping his fingers crossed implicit Quansah returning successful a fewer days, but it volition beryllium choky for the ex-Liverpool antheral to look DR Congo successful Wednesday's last-32 game.

"A classical ankle twist and helium is successful pain. He said helium had it earlier and it is simply a substance of days. He has his limb up precocious and successful ice," the England caput manager said.

"Naturally of people [I americium disquieted astir the right-back situation] - we person different wounded successful the position. It volition beryllium a choky contention for Reece James and a choky contention for Jarell Quansah but it is our occupation to find solutions and we volition do."

Spence volition beryllium expected to commencement astatine right-back against DR Congo if James and Quansah are unavailable, but John Stones, Ezri Konsa and Trevoh Chalobah correspond alternate exigency options.

How agelong Jarell Quansah could beryllium retired for with ankle injury

In the best-case scenario, Quansah would person avoided a due ankle sprain, and the defender walking disconnected the tract unaided connected Saturday evening was a promising sign.

However, further tests volition beryllium required to find the grade of the injury, and a Grade 1 ankle sprain - a insignificant teardrop to the ligaments - could instrumentality 1 to 2 weeks to heal.

Therefore, Quansah is astatine a insignificant hazard of missing not lone the last-32 crippled with DR Congo, but besides a imaginable last-16 clash with Mexico oregon Ecuador, and helium could beryllium facing an uphill conflict to instrumentality for a imaginable quarter-final with Brazil, Japan, Ivory Coast oregon Norway connected July 11.

A Grade 2 contented - a partial ligament teardrop - oregon Grade 3 interest - a implicit rupture - would regularisation Quansah retired for the remainder of the World Cup, but the 23-year-old has astir surely avoided specified a terrible injury.

Quansah missed conscionable 7 matches for nine and state done wounded past season; 4 owed to a thigh occupation and 3 with genu irritation.