Harry Souttar posts heartbreaking injury update after Leicester City loanee cuts Sheffield United move short.
Harry Souttar has provided the latest update on the extent of his injury that the Leicester City star suffered while on loan at Sheffield United.
Souttar had become a fan favourite at Bramall Lane and had been an ever-present in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the 2-0 defeat against Burnley.
The Australia international returned to Leicester to assess the extent of his injury and the defender revealed how long he would be out for, and if he would return to action.
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Harry Souttar confirms season-ending injury
After missing the Blades’ 1-1 draw with West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, Souttar posted an update to his Instagram just hours after Leicester were beaten 2-0 by Manchester City to confirm that he would be out for an extended period and is unlikely to be back in action again before next season.
Writing on Instagram, he said: “Thanks to everyone at Sheffield United amazing club with great people. Unfortunately that’s me out for a while but I wish everyone at the club all the best for the rest of the season and beyond. Once a blade always a blade.”
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Several of his Championship teammates commented to wish him a healthy recovery as the centre-back now works on getting back to fitness.
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What did Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder say about Souttar injury?
It appeared that there wasn’t much faith of Souttar returning quickly from Blades boss Chris Wilder, who admitted that he thought the injury was a bad one from the moment the Foxes loanee was withdrawn.
Wilder, who wanted Souttar to join permanently, spoke about the incident after the Burnley defeat, where he sounded downbeat about losing his star centre-back.
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He said: “There might be a big blow coming with Souttar because that didn’t look great, and his reaction to coming off wasn’t good,” Wilder said afterwards. “He’s a brave old soldier but that didn’t look great.
“We’ll have to wait and see what the results of the scans are. It doesn’t look good but we’ll see what happens when the results of the scan come through.”
