From workload to making sure best equipment is used, there is much to look into after spate of high-profile setbacks
Whenever I see a player go down with a serious injury in the women’s game it is painful to watch because you know the road to recovery is a long one. It has a heavy impact on a career, forcing an individual to miss months of action and potentially life-changing moments.
Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas, Lyon’s Ellie Carpenter and Arsenal’s Leah Williamson are three of the many players at the top of the European club game to have sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury over the past year. Putellas was forced out of the Euros as a result and Williamson will miss the World Cup in July and August because of the timeframe to recover from one of the most serious injuries in the professional game.
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