Patella tendon injury was exacerbated by Bruno Guimarães’s challenge but it is one that has been troubling the striker for a period of time
Patellar tendon injury was exacerbated by Bruno Guimarães’s challenge but it is one that has been troubling the striker for a period of timeEvan Ferguson is suffering from a patella tendon issue that will keep him out of Ireland's games against France and the Netherlands. Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty ImagesRepublic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny has confirmed that Evan Ferguson’s knee injury was not sustained in Brighton’s 3-1 defeat of Newcastle United last Saturday.
After Ferguson scored his first professional hat-trick at the Amex, he appeared to be forced off following a challenge by Bruno Guimarães in the 79th minute. But the Brazilian midfielder merely exacerbated a patellar tendon issue the 18-year-old has been carrying for an unknown period of time. “I don’t think it was well reported as an injury in the game, in the challenge, that’s not the case actually,” said Kenny, appearing to contradict the FAI’s injury update last Tuesday morning.
“It is one that he’s been playing on, the patellar tendon injury, a knee injury that he has had some pain in.
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