The Gunners attacker may have suffered a “career ending” injury during Arsenal’s 0-0 draw with Sporting Lisbon, says medical expert Johnny Wilson.
Welbeck required lengthy treatment and oxygen on the Emirates pitch after landing awkwardly when he had gone up for a header in the Sporting box.
And he was carried off on a stretcher with his leg heavily strapped before being rushed to hospital to assess the damage properly.
And Wilson, who holds multiple degrees in sports medicine and has worked for three football clubs, provided a devastating verdict on the potential severity of the injury the England international suffered.
"Structures within the ankle which could [be] injured [are] the medial, lateral, anterior & posterior ligaments, tibia, fibula & talus bones as well as chondral surfaces. Will need [to be] imaged #AFC."
Wilson then went into detail on the specific tests Arsenal doctors will conduct to assess Welbeck’s injury.
"X-ray will [be] used as 1st line of imaging [to] assess integrity of bones: tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneous & other smaller bones in foot especially - 5th [metatarsal]!" Wilson wrote.
Welbeck required lengthy treatment and oxygen on the Emirates pitch after landing awkwardly when he had gone up for a header in the Sporting box.
And he was carried off on a stretcher with his leg heavily strapped before being rushed to hospital to assess the damage properly.
And Wilson, who holds multiple degrees in sports medicine and has worked for three football clubs, provided a devastating verdict on the potential severity of the injury the England international suffered.
"Structures within the ankle which could [be] injured [are] the medial, lateral, anterior & posterior ligaments, tibia, fibula & talus bones as well as chondral surfaces. Will need [to be] imaged #AFC."
Wilson then went into detail on the specific tests Arsenal doctors will conduct to assess Welbeck’s injury.
"X-ray will [be] used as 1st line of imaging [to] assess integrity of bones: tibia, fibula, talus, calcaneous & other smaller bones in foot especially - 5th [metatarsal]!" Wilson wrote.
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