Sunderland confirm Elliot Embleton surgery after Derby County injury
Sunderland confirm Elliot Embleton surgery after Derby County injury
Sunderland confirm Elliot Embleton surgery after Derby County injury
Elliot Embleton will undergo surgery on a thigh injury sustained during his loan spell at Derby County, Sunderland have confirmed.
The midfielder pulled out of a training session last Friday having suffered the problem when attempting to take a corner. Scan have since confirmed he has a tear with the player now back in the north east.
Sunderland have now said the midfielder will have an operation leaving him with the prospect of facing another long period on the sidelines having only just returned from a broken ankle that kept him out for eight months. The club said: “Elliot Embleton has returned to the Academy of Light after suffering a thigh injury whilst on loan at Derby County.
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“The 24-year-old recently completed a season-long loan move to Pride Park Stadium, as he continued his comeback from an ankle injury sustained in December 2022. After making two appearances for the Rams, Embleton is now unfortunately facing an additional spell on the sidelines, with the midfielder set to undergo surgery before completing his rehabilitation on Wearside. All at SAFC wish Elliot a speedy recovery.”
Speaking about the injury yesterday, Derby head coach Paul Warne said: “I knew it was severe last Friday because I went into the doctor’s room where he was laying down,” he said. “He was in tears. I tapped him and told him I was sorry but he had no recollection of me going in the room because that’s how much of a dark place he was in bless him
“He went for the scan and it’s severe. I think he will need surgical repair. I saw him in the car park on Tuesday because he came in to say goodbye to everyone. He is going to do his rehab back up in Sunderland because he is going to be out for a few months.
“He was just broken and I think people appreciate that playing football is a massive honour, but you work so hard and you dedicate every day to it. To work so hard to come back from the other injury and then go so far down the rehab, get minutes in and then minutes in the first team and build up to play the way he wanted to play and express himself – he was hugely excited by that.
“To have that ripped away from him again in what is a freak injury is heartbreaking for him. I hugged him in the car park and felt for him. Hopefully, our careers will meet again soon.”
