Source: Liverpool_Echo
Ryan Babel injury scare threatens World Cup for Liverpoool FC’s Holland star
Ryan Babel 300[LNB]RYAN BABEL will discover today whether his World Cup dreams have been shattered at the last moment.[LNB]The Liverpool forward was taken to hospital in Austria last night to undergo a scan on his hamstring he damaged yesterday in Holland's pre-World Cup training camp.[LNB]Babel was inconsolable as he was helped into a people carrier by his close friend, Arsenal striker Robin van Persie, and it is understood the Dutch fear the injury is bad.[LNB]If Babel - who featured in all bar two of Liverpool's final 23 games - has torn his hamstring, he could be sidelined for anything between six and eight weeks and that would rule him out of the reckoning for Holland's final 23-man squad.[LNB]Results of the scans will not be known until some point today but, even if it proves to be a minor strain, Babel will already face a race to be fit for Holland's opening Group E game against Denmark in Johannesburg on June 14.[LNB]Should Babel be denied the opportunity to go to the World Cup, it would be the second time injury has cost him the chance to play in a major international tournament.[LNB]Back in 2008, the 23-year-old was poised to go to Austria and Switzerland for the European Championships but suffered an ankle problem in the build-up and was forced to stay at home.
