Andreas Pereira has revealed that his broken leg against Manchester City in April was so bad that Fulham refused to show him images of it.
The Brazilian international disclosed that the injury sounded like ‘a pencil snapping’ during a question and session answer with Het Nieuswblad. The 27 year-old says he felt little pain in the aftermath of Manuel Akanji’s challenge due to adrenaline but the response of the club’s medical staff demonstrated it was a serious problem.
“There are different types of pain in life of course. But what immediately comes to mind is my broken fibula against Manchester City on April 30th this year. I went into a duel with Mannel Akanji but felt that I would not have the ball. He hit my head, so I’m off balance and I land wrong. You know that sound of a pencil snapping? That’s it.
“Strangely enough, I felt almost nothing because of the adrenaline. That’s why I first thought that my ankle ligaments were sprained or something. They didn’t want to show me the images. In hindsight, you know that it’s not good. Should I go to the hospital then? To be honest, we still had a while there. I had doubts about it because I hardly felt any pain. It was only in the ambulance that I started to feel the pain. Slightly, anyway. Until I received the news that my leg was broken. Then I really started to feel it.”
