Newcastle forward Siem de Jong has suffered yet another in a long line of injury setbacks after doing himself a bit of a mischief in training on Wednesday.
The Dutchman was rushed to hospital after being poked in the eye during the session. There were genuine fears he may lose his sight, but it would seem that the injury wasn’t quite as bad as first thought.
Newcastle boss Steve McClaren told BBC Sport:
It was just in training and he accidentally got poked in the eye
He went down screaming, so they said ‘Let’s have a look at your eye’ and there was blood pouring from it.
He wears contact lenses, and one of the contacts had come out and gone into his eyes.
Having been checked over at hospital, De Jong posted a photo of the aftermath on his official Twitter feed yesterday…
Poked in the eye during training, need to rest it for a couple of days. #nufc #strangeinjury pic.twitter.com/Obxrrd2q7n
— Siem de Jong (@siemdejong) January 15, 2016
As per McClaren, De Jong is facing a two-week lay-off to allow the bruising to settle down – thus further derailing his injury-peppered time at Newcastle.
The luckless striker has only made seven starts for the Toon since arriving in summer of 2014, thanks to various knacks including a troublesome thigh strain and a collapsed lung – the second of his career.
Poor bugger. Here’s wishing him well.