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Player Dejan Kulusevski
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It was a clash of knees with Marc Guehi at home to Palace.
IIRC it was between 2 legs of the ropey league at the tail end of the season.
Unsurprisingly, fucking Eze scored a belter
... and did his stupid sneaky little "laughing" Gooner meme celebration....
but not before thanking Jesus, obviously!
I remember thinking "Whatever happens today, Deki can't get injured because he's our only creative player left".
Then of course the inevitable happened.
There's apparently some experimental treatment to re-grow cartilage being researched in Germany. But it is still on the "experiment on mice" stage. So god knows what the timeline is for human testing let alone treatmentSounds like Ledley's issue. I doubt they've made any major breakthroughs in the last decade. Stems cells won't work since it's not cell-based, or so I think. It really does sound like he's either fucked or on the receiving end of a major breakthrough in knee surgery.
Our game against Palace in May 2025. One of our last games before the EL final.
The combo of our awful medical staff, along with Ange overplaying favorites and not rotating enough, was absolutely deleterious to our squad health the past two seasons.
We should just let him rehab as long as he has a contract. Maybe it will heal on it's own, or maybe a medical miracle will appear in the meantime. We're very much on the verge of revolution in medicine with CRISPR so may as well keep playing your hand and stall for time while there is still a chance.
Send the mice to our medical team for testing.
Update from Swedish team doctor
"Cartilage injuries, like in Dejan's case, are troublesome. They are difficult to treat. Plus, he has it in a place that gets a lot of stress. The injury simply hasn't healed enough to handle that stress," he explained.
When asked if the Spurs man will be able to come back and play football again, the doctor said: "I have high hopes for that and I really hope so."
WOW - high hopes and really hope so... not a firm yes.
I don't think he's going to play at the highest level ever again.
Hopefully we can collect on the insurance...
It might happen to players at other teams, but it's beyond belief.
I don't think it's about factoring in when Kulusevski might return, or at what level, as the former looks highly unlikely, let alone to PL-level, but hoping he is one day simply able to play football again.
Whatever frustration we may feel won't touch the sides of those being felt by the man himself.
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Cartilage doesn't really re-grow so the best that we can hope for is that he finds some sort of balance like Ledley between playing and constant rehab.
As another poster alluded to, there's recently been some breakthroughs in the ability to regrow cartilidge in Germany, apparently, so there may be some hope of new treatments yet.
That's fine. So we inject the mouse and stick that in his knee. Hmm. It might squeak a bit at first, and he'd have to avoid the cheese room, but at least he'd be on the pitch.
Honestly, I think he's got time left to recover, but I doubt he'll be in contract when he does. It's sad, but hope seems lost.
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All aspects of his recovery need to be treated caerphilly.
Treated with what?
Ah, sorry, I see what you did there. I thought this was a breaking medical advancement.
*Check notes*
He's a swede, he doesn't give Edam.
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Expect us to make a bid for Mickey Mouse any day now!
Gouda here!!