5 Premier League footballers – careers halted by injury

The modern game of football has often been scrutinised somewhat due to the amount of gamesmanship; diving being a key example. Take Ashley Young for example, the Manchester United winger has been accused countless times of hitting the deck needlessly and simulating injury in order to gain the advantage.

Although this may appear harmless, in fact causes the reputation of the game and the people involved to pejorate, when in fact the reality of football can be the complete polar opposite. Football, like all contact sports, has a massive amount of danger and injury is extremely common.

Here at The Sports Lowdown we look at 5 players whose careers have been halted somewhat due to injury.