Bad injury for Diego?

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BladeInThatcham said:
I've had the displeasure of tearing my cartilege twice and rupturing my anterior cruciate ligament all at different times all in the same knee. Initially, the cartilege was worse as I couldn't straighten my leg or put any weight on it at all and an op occured within a couple of days on both occasions. The recovery was done within a few months. The ACL is a much longer process - after a week on crutches I had an op about a year after the rupture. Swiss is right in that it is not essential to have it repaired - you can live a normal life with a ruptured ACL but getting back to sport is different and unless you have massive muscle bulk you have to get your knee restructered else it will just keep on buckling. I did not play football for about 2 years after my operation but then I didn't have physio day in day out and now I play regular 5 a side but I have to keep the muscles strong around my knee with gym work. On paper, when a restructure occurs it should make the knee stronger than the original but there are possible complications. Some players lose their confidence in the knee and are not the same player and some come back hungrier and more appreciative of their 'gift' than before. I hope Diego is the latter.
Oh, I forgot as well - I strained my knee ligaments (same knee) and whilst that was uncomfortable and painful I was ok within weeks. This occured a week before I got married, our lass weren't happy when I was on crutches days before we tied the knot.
With me there is no way I could do 11 a side regularly as my knee swells after each time I play 5 a side weekly but it's not painful. I think this was Morg's problem and possibly Dane Whitehouse.
I'm only 33 and still awaiting a call from Roy Hodgson.
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I recently read Paul Lake's autobiography and he had to retire due to his ruptured cruciate ligament never being properly dealt with due to Peter Swales; Man City chairman at the time, not sanctioning his treatment by an expert surgeon in sports related cruciate ligament injuries. Let's hope football clubs are more enlightened these days but I do worry if McCabe has to authorise expensive expert treatment for young Diego.
 



Well, by a couple of accounts, he's already on his way down to London to be treated by a specialist who works with Chelsea, so I'd imagine we're paying for the best.
 
Houso said:
Well, by a couple of accounts, he's already on his way down to London to be treated by a specialist who works with Chelsea, so I'd imagine we're paying for the best.
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I can confirm that's 100% on the money he was down there yesterday.
It's from someone close to the family.
 
Is this a case where it highlights that a young player should take that big contract when it is offered? I am not saying that Diego has been offered a contract by a Premier League club but maybe now after a rather normal tackle his career could be over and I bet his education isn't of the highest level to give him the opportunity that football could...poor kid if it is worst case:-(
 
CopenhagenBlade said:
Is this a case where it highlights that a young player should take that big contract when it is offered? I am not saying that Diego has been offered a contract by a Premier League club but maybe now after a rather normal tackle his career could be over and I bet his education isn't of the highest level to give him the opportunity that football could...poor kid if it is worst case:-(
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A cruciate injury is no longer the career threatening injury that it used to be. Sure there can be complications, my first reconstruction done on the NHS went after 6 months and ended in a real mess. Fortunately the second time, the companies,accident insurance meant that I got to go to a fantastic surgeon who tidied me up nicely. But that was only part of it. Like BladeInThatcham I still get some swelling after exercise and I'm just not confident enough to play football on it yet.

But the good side is that the surgeons in football are fantastic and have done these things time and again. For every Morgs there is a jags!

Quite a few in the Premier League

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_premier_league/epl_injury_table.php

Good luck to the lad!
 
DazBlade88 said:
It'll be a huge shame if it does turn out to be true. Fingers crossed that it isn't as bad as feared, and if it is that he makes a very speedy recovery and it doesn't do long term damage to his career.

It was a great goal he scored for Italy, and his shot that hit the bar just before the goal deserved better too!
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plays above youngsters that regularly play for top Serie A teams.. yet can't get in the blades first 11.. wtf??
 
Sorry been busy but I've been told that the injury isn't a bad as first feared.

Murcia's already put the update on BM but it's still a 6 month out recovery period ruptured not torn.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
Sorry been busy but I've been told that the injury isn't a bad as first feared.

Murcia's already put the update on BM but it's still a 6 month out recovery period ruptured not torn.
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That's a pretty standard United layoff.

Poor lad, and poor us.
 
That's great news. I know it could have been better, but considering many were thinking his career could be over, he could feasibly be back and warming the bench by November.
 
Revolution said:
That's a pretty standard United layoff.

Poor lad, and poor us.
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If it is just six months then it will not be a disastrous outcome. I can't see that he would have got more than a few cameo appearances in the first team this season. Six months takes us to September so he could feature for much of next season.

However, these injury/recovery estimates often drag on much longer than forecast.
 
secretchief said:
They do. How long has LJF been out for, exactly?
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15 months at least: well, he's played once in a cup game, had a "minor setback", and been out for another 4 months.

Mark Howard also had a "minor setback". 5 months and counting.

As someone else said, there is a benefit to Diego's injury, like there was for Beattie's in summer 2008. It makes it all that more difficult to sell him before the transfer window closes.
 



I'm slightly disappointed in the number of Unitedites saying that it's a good thing that DDG is out for a significant period of time. There is no benefit to anyone in an exciting prospect getting a serious injury like this.

If he is back in 6 months he will have missed the entire pre-season and it'll take him 3 months more to get back up to speed. I just hope that his recovery goes well.

If the rumours are correct he had the opportunity to join one of a number of clubs higher up the pyramid before signing a three year deal with us. I am sure that the senior management at the Lane will have an agreed acceptable value for each and every player on the books and DDG's injury status won't change that.
 
Balham Blade said:
I'm slightly disappointed in the number of Unitedites saying that it's a good thing that DDG is out for a significant period of time. There is no benefit to anyone in an exciting prospect getting a serious injury like this.
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I'm half joking. I really wish he was fit and able to help, and I feel sorry for him, but as sure as eggs is eggs he'd be gone in the close season if he was fit.
 
Knowing our luck he'll be out for 2 years then make a great comeback and then go on a free when his contracts up
 
Considering the amount of money we'll be investing in rehab for someone who is without a doubt one of the best sub-18 prospects in the country, I imagine he'll stand a much better chance of coming back in a reasonable amount of time than say LJF.
 
Houso said:
Considering the amount of money we'll be investing in rehab for someone who is without a doubt one of the best sub-18 prospects in the country, I imagine he'll stand a much better chance of coming back in a reasonable amount of time than say LJF.
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I don't think we'll see LJF playing again, given he was injured in his first match back and looking like the knee couldn't stand-up to a full match I suspect he is back to square one. He maybe one of the many who do not recover such as Morgs.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
Sorry been busy but I've been told that the injury isn't a bad as first feared.

Murcia's already put the update on BM but it's still a 6 month out recovery period ruptured not torn.
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Not as bad as first feared? If he's ruptured his Anterior Cruciate then its at least 6 months out.

If its not his Anterior Cruciate then it may not be as bad, but if its a ruptured ACL then its pretty much as bad as it gets for knee injuries. Just depends what other damage he has done at the same time
 
ghandi said:
I don't think we'll see LJF playing again, given he was injured in his first match back and looking like the knee couldn't stand-up to a full match I suspect he is back to square one. He maybe one of the many who do not recover such as Morgs.
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Difficult to read too much into it Ghandi, its an extremely complicated joint and people recover at different rates.
 
Houso said:
Considering the amount of money we'll be investing in rehab for someone who is without a doubt one of the best sub-18 prospects in the country, I imagine he'll stand a much better chance of coming back in a reasonable amount of time than say LJF.
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Don't think we're footing the bill Houso, otherwise he wouldn't be in London. ;)
SwissBlade said:
Not as bad as first feared? If he's ruptured his Anterior Cruciate then its at least 6 months out.

If its not his Anterior Cruciate then it may not be as bad, but if its a ruptured ACL then its pretty much as bad as it gets for knee injuries. Just depends what other damage he has done at the same time
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Not as bad as first thought is the fact that it isn't torn. Got to wait for the swelling to go down now before any real worthwhile updates.
 
Flatulent_Bob said:
Don't think we're footing the bill Houso, otherwise he wouldn't be in London. ;)

Not as bad as first thought is the fact that it isn't torn. Got to wait for the swelling to go down now before any real worthwhile updates.
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I would've thought that we would pay the bill. I saw my invoice for here in Switzerland and it worked out around 8k just for the op. Even if the bill for 1 year of physio and rehab hits 50k then its still worth it if we then sell him for 250k and a friendly with Leeds reserves a year later.

The terminolgy is generally viewed that a rupture is worse than a tear, because it suggests a "partial tear" for torn, but a rupture is a complete separation of the ligament from itself or ligament from the bone.

I played football and played sport normally when mine was torn, I didnt take the option for surgery at that time. But eventually it ruptured completely and I couldn't even run on it let alone twist and turn on the footy pitch.
 
Surely hes insured for this kind of thing either personally or through united or Italy?
 



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