Keita, and to a lesser extent Matip, is uncanny in that he gets hurt when we are in the worst jam of games then as we come out of the crazy schedule he recovers. And round it goes. Obviously not on purpose, but one of the reasons you have a squad is to be able to rotate during busy parts of the schedule, so not having those players when you REALLY need them defeats part of the purpose of having them in the first place.
Shaq is another one, but he's consistent in that he's always hurt so you just consider any games he gives you as a bonus, but at some point ability to stay healthy should be a consideration in keeping a player. What are we gaining by paying Shaq whatever wages he's on, which can't be small, and taking up a spot on the roster when you're lucky if you have him for a handful of games in a year?
Injuries to squads are part and parcel or football.
Always have always will.
We all know Keita, Matip, and Shaq are our most injury prone players so nothing new there.
The fact we have a few injury prone players has nothing to so with the injury Thiago sustained which was a vicious and malicious attempt to do GBH.
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