Jack Grealish has revealed he suffered an eight-inch haematoma on his thigh last month — an injury that left him unable to walk.
Manchester City forward Grealish was out for weeks after picking up the injury in a 2-1 win over Sheffield United. And the 28-year-old has explained how he was left debilitated by an extreme dead leg that had City medical staff staggered.
‘I’ve had so many dead legs over the years and I am usually good at taking them, taking the hits and stuff,’ said Grealish. ‘You have little ones that are there for two to three days — but if you get a dead leg and you have the haematoma (a bleeding outside the blood vessels), a bad one, it’s around six centimetres (two-and-a-half inches).