Football’s worst injuries as Hugo Lloris suffers terrible arm injury and is rushed to hospital – The Sun
VIEWERS of a nervous disposition, look away now.
Hugo Lloris suffered a gruesome arm injury during Tottenham's Premier League drubbing at Brighton that will likely see him out for months.
And in similar fashion, these 16 unlucky footballers suffered horrific injuries that kept them out of action for months too.
Some even had their careers ended.
So here are the stomach churning incidents that were far from 'armless for those involved.
Be warned… the pictures are not pretty.
16. RYAN SHAWCROSS
Straight in at the deep end.
Ryan Shawcross was rushed to hospital having suffered a horror leg-break during Stoke's friendly with Leicester City this summer.
The Potters captain slid in to challenge Foxes winger Marc Albrighton and his trailing left leg buckled alarmingly beneath him.
He is still out but recent reports suggest he might be back as soon as Christmas.
This won't be the last you see of Shawcross in this article.
15. DJIBRIL CISSE
The France striker had remarkable powers of recovery, breaking his leg twice and making it back within six months on both occasions.
The one for Les Bleus looks worse…
14. HENRIK LARSSON
The Swede picked up a bad one playing for Celtic in a UEFA Cup tie against Lyon in 1999.
The challenge with Serge Blanc left him with a double leg break and out for the rest of the season.
But he was back playing eight months later, and it could have been worse for the striker – who went on to join Barcelona.
13. AARON RAMSEY
Shawcross was on on the other end of a leg-breaker in 2010 when his horror challenge on Ramsey saw the Welshman's leg nearly split in two.
Ramsey had nine months out but thankfully came back and kicked on leading to his recent mega money £400k-a-week move to Juventus.
The Gunners midfielder famously blanked Shawcross after the incident and the notorious hard man even claimed the tackle "changed his public persona".
12. LUKE SHAW
Shaw has fought injury and fitness issues since moving to Man Utd in a £33million deal.
He was cruelly denied ten months of action after suffering a double leg break in a challenge with PSV's Hector Moreno.
The Mexican defender was in tears when he visited the former Southampton left-back in hospital the following day.
11. MARCIN WASILEWSKI
Now a Premier League champion with Leicester, there was a time when the big Polish defender might have thought his career was over.
Axel Witsel came in with a studs-up tackle during a heated Anderlecht vs Standard Liege clash that earned him an eight-game ban and left Wasilewski sidelined for ten months.
He considered suing and threatened to snub a handshake when they crossed paths again.
10. GARY MABBUTT
While the leg breakers will turn your stomach, this facial injury was genuinely scary.
Former Spurs defender Mabbutt had his face smashed in by a filthy elbow from Wimbledon's John Fashanu.
It left him with a cheekbone fractured in four places and an eye socket cracked in three.
Mabbutt needed a metal plate inserted and was out the game for 12 months.
9. Bert Trautmann
Trautmann – a former German prisoner of war – broke his neck before playing on to help Manchester City beat Birmingham City 3-1 in the 1956 FA Cup final.
Heroic or foolish?
You can decide…
8. Petr Cech
Cech broke his skull diving at the feet of Reading's Stephen Hunt in 2006 when playing for Chelsea.
He needed three months out after an op and wore head protection for the rest of his career.
7. EDUARDO DA SILVA
An unpleasant tackle with an unpleasant ending.
Birmingham defender Martin Taylor saw red after this horrific lunge on the Gunners forward.
And Brazilian midfielder Gilberto Silva had to act as translator to medical staff as he spoke Portuguese and English.
Eduardo needed a year to recover, but managed to continue his career at Arsenal and then Shakhtar Donetsk.
6. KIERON DYER
Just ten days after his West Ham debut, following a £6million move from Newcastle, the England midfielder's career was left in tatters.
A tackle by Bristol Rovers' Joe Jacobsen left his leg broken in two places.
Already troubled by injuries, Dyer needed 17 months out and was never the same player again.
5. JUAN ARANGO
Massive elbow in the face for the Mallorca midfielder.
Photo speaks for itself.
4. FEDERICO MATTIELLO
If it wasn't for bad luck, the Juventus starlet would have had no luck at all.
He'd already broken his leg once in his career before a collision with Roma tough-nut Radja Nainggolan produced this shocker.
At just 21, the defender was on loan at Chievo at the time.
3. LUC NILIS
Brazilian legend Ronaldo once described Villa's Belgian forward as one of his favourite strike partners.
He then netted on his debut against Chelsea in 2000.
But his career was over two games later after a collision with Ipswich keeper Richard Wright left him fearing his leg would need to be amputated.
2. PRESTON BURPO
Not the most well known on the list among English football fans.
But this was a career-ending shocker too.
The American keeper snapped his tibia and fibula after crashing into New York Red Bulls striker Dane Richards.
1. DAVE BUSST
If you've got this far, you obviously like this sort of thing.
Busst's horrific collision with Manchester United's Denis Irwin and Brian McClair left Peter Schmeichel vomiting and in need of counselling.
The former Coventry defender later contracted MRSA, causing further muscle and tissue damage.
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