Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos has revealed the full extent of the injury his sustained at last summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Ceballos, formerly on loan at Arsenal from Real Madrid, said that the fractured talus he sustained in Sapporo and subsequent misdiagnosis that allowed him to play only three weeks later nearly saw his career prematurely ended.
The Spaniard said that after a short spell on the sidelines at the tournament believing he was building himself back up to full strength, he tried to for Spain's Olympics gold medal match with Brazil.