The problem of long-term injuries has become an i sue at both Manchester United and Arsenal
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Magnus Paajarvi Kids Jersey were a problem for him. He spent the first season of his time in Spain receiving treatment. On returning to England he signed for Middlesbrough. Injury continued to be an i sue but Juande Ramos signed him from Spurs in January, 2008.By the end of the follwoing month, playing with Ledley King in central defence, he had become an instant hero by heading the winning goal in the Carling Cup Final defeat of Chelsea. Unfortunately, the central defence partnership never got time to prosper as either Woodgate or King or both were on the injury list. In his final eighteen months at White Hart Lane, Woodgate played for only fifteen minutes as a late substitute in the Champions League game against AC Milan in Italy.He was not offered a new contract and left on a free transfer, joining Stoke City on pay as you play contract. He has played in five of Stokes six Premier League games plus an early Europa League tie. He has been omitted from Stokes Europa League squad and didnt play in their Carling Cup win over Spurs, instead being rested for the league games. Since arriving at Stoke he has praised their medical facilities and also saying that during his time with Middlesbrough the club managed his injuries by restricting him to weekend matches and making no appearances in mid-week fixtures. The absence of any comment about his time at Spurs is interesting but the club did show great patience with him and sent him to top surgeons around the world. It
Dion Phaneuf Kids Jersey is rather ironic that the injury prone central defence whom Tottenham released in the summer was fit to play in the opening games of the season while the one they retained was once again on the injury list. At least, King has now played three consecutive Premier League games and led the teams recovery with three wins. His next a signment is to lead them to victory in next Sundays North London derby.Darren AndertonThe original Sicknote, a name given to Darren Anderton by fans and the media due to his lengthy periods out with injury. It is a tag that greatly irks Anderton and one that tells only one side of the story. Tottenhams fans annoyance with Anderton, apart from the periods out of the team, was when having started only three league games all season because of injury, he unexpectedly returned to fitne s for the final three matches and was immediately selected to star for England in the European Championships in England in 1996. This gave the impre sion that the player was more interested in playing for his country rather than his club.In twelve seasons with Tottenham he made 299 appearances and apart from three succe sive seasons (1995 98) when he played in only 39 games, his appearance record averaged 29 matches each year. However, the nickname has stuck much to Andertons annoyance and in his autobiography,Takenote Darren Anderton, he gives his side of the story and questions the competency of the medical staff at Tottenham in the way they treated some of his injury problems. Having read his book, it is clear that there were i sues and only one side of a complex story was being presented at the time with managers and officials expre sing impatience with the player. Having frequently referred to the
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