Crystal Palace of England midfielder, Eberechi Eze has received an overdose of sympathy, following a freak injury copped in training that has now ruled him out of England’s squad to this year’s European Championship.
Megasportsarena.com reports that the 22-year-old Eze, who had a stellar debut campaign in the English Premier League, after arriving from Queens Park Rangers in the summer, will not return to action until the start of 2022 at the earliest.
Information on offer from his club’s base in London reveals that all his teammates in Crystal Palace’s squad were in tears, as the Nigerian-born dazzler owed out with just few minutes left for the training session.
The dreadlocks-wearing lad, who was named The Eagles’ player of the year in only his first season with the club, drew empathy from his colleagues, led by Andros Townsend, who revealed he and his pals were left in tears after Eze ruptured his Achilles tendon.
A report by British tabloid, Daily Mail added”: “The off-the-ball incident occurred with just 10-minutes remaining in the training session, and just moments before Eze saw a message from England, informing him he had made Gareth Southgate’s provisional 33-man squad for the upcoming European Championships.
“Eze has since successfully undergone surgery, but the Palace medical staff are predicting he won’t make a return until February next year and Townsend has revealed the impact the freak incident had on the squad, who he says were already struggling with the news that manager Roy Hodgson was to step down at the end of the season.
“It was probably one of the saddest days of my career,’ Townsend told talkSPORT. ‘At 11am, the manager calls everyone together and says: ‘Listen, this is my last season, I’ve decided to step aside.
“‘So we were already down in the dumps going into training, and half-an-hour later – probably 10-minutes before the end of the session, a light session, Eze has gone to turn as he does and bang, you heard a big pop.
“‘He fell to the floor. He thought somebody kicked him, we all thought somebody kicked him because it sounded like that. As he’s turned around and realised nobody was around him, the shock started to set in as you know what it is.”
