Callum Wilson: ‘When I was injured my son wore everyone’s shirt but mine’

13 January 2018 08:30
The Bournemouth striker has experienced anger and sadness in battling to overcome serious injuries to both his knees in the space of 16 months“I just felt angry,” Callum Wilson says as he remembers the moment when Bournemouth’s physio delivered the bad news in a hospital waiting room 11 months ago. Wilson had been hoping for the best without much conviction after feeling a familiar twinge in his left knee during a mundane training session but an MRI scan had confirmed the striker’s worst fears.At first he wondered whether it was a wind-up. Deep down, however, he knew what to expect. “I heard a little pop and I was just like: ‘Yeah,’” Wilson says. “I got it iced. After that it was throbbing. Straight away I was saying I’d done my ACL.” Related: Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson speeds up scoring after slowing down eating The Stoke fans were booing me. It was poor, booing someone who was injured. I found that disrespectful Related: Back for pre-season but no real break: how footballers’ summers changed | Stuart James Doing my second ACL was so beneficial. I knew anger wasn't going to get me fit. That time I was doing so many things different Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian