We are cheating a bit this week by breaking our top 10 into two parts. The reason for this is because injuries fall into three different categories. 1. Boring pulled thier hammy, wa, wa injuries we see every week-(don’t worry their not on our list) 2. Stupid footballer’s getting injured in unothadox ways (our personal favorite) and 3. horrible leg breaks, that turn your stomach.

The funnies

10. Leroy Lita

According to Lita you’re more likely to injure yourself when resting, than you are on the football field. The new Middlesborugh man missed the first month of the 2007-08 Premier League season after damaging a leg muscle as he stretched in bed after waking up.

9. Fábio Aurélio

This summer Aurélio should not have been the fun dad. After a kick around with his kids at a beach on holiday, the Liverpool full back jarred his knee, ruining his pre-season preparations and forcing him to the sidelines for the first two months of the season.

8. Rio Ferdinand

Back in February 2001 Ferdinand proved that 90% of accidents happen in the home. DIY? – nope. He was resting his leg on a coffee table for a number of hours, only to find out he had strained tendon behind his knee. The defender encored an absence of two games which he spent, one would assume, sat at home with his feet up watching TV.

7. Richard Wright

Its always the keepers! Wright is at fault for two stupidities.

1. In summer 2003 he was packing his suitcases after a holiday away when he fell off a loft ladder and damaged a shoulder, wrecking his pre-season preparations.
2. he injured his ankle falling over a sign in the warm-up, prior to an FA Cup game with Chelsea ,Iain Turner, a reserve, was forced to deputise. Everton lost the game 4-1. HA.

6. Dave Beasant – jar of salad cream

Safe hands keeper! Or not in Dave’s case. The Chelsea began their 1993-94 season without their first choice goalkeeper after Beasant showed uncustomary clumsy hands and dropped a jar of salad cream on his big toe, tearing a tendon in the process. Extra handling drills in training where most certainly in order when he returned.

The cringies – Top 5 leg break video

5.Wasilewski

Here Wistel brutally stamps on Wasilewski with no remorse. Deservedly sent off.

4. Djibril Cisse

Cisse is renown for breaking his leg. After doing it twice – for France and for Liverpool. His first one was his worst.

3. Henrik larsson

Celtic legend and cult hero during his short spells hat Man Utd and Barcelona. Not all his career was plain sailing after this horrific break.

2. Eduardo

Now back to his diving best, Eduardo didn’t have the best of starts to his Arsenal career after loosing nearly a season to this hefty challenge.

1. David Busst

Even 22 operations where not enough to save Busst’s career. Easily the worst leg break ever, with the game being stopped for 12 minutes as the blood was cleared from the pitch. Even the great Dane needed councilling after the match to get over the tragedy of what he saw that day.

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