This is just horrific
If you ever need to look up a player’s injury history then the rather brilliant physioroom.com is your only man. They catalogue the reported injuries suffered by Premier League players and it is extremely handy, and much more reliable, than the vague coloured arrows you get if you play Fantasy Football.
They not only give you the current injuries though, they also give you a full injury history for any Premier League player and there can surely be none with a worse record than Arsenal’s Abou Diaby.
The Frenchman signed for the club nine years ago today from Auxerre but almost since he arrived the lanky midfielder has been struck with an injury curse of truly disastrous proportions.
The folks at physioroom make it 42 injuries suffered over his nine years and here they are. It makes for grim reading, especially for Arsenal fans.
This explains why the 28-year-old only has 138 starts in nine years at the Gunners…