Burnley: Scott Parker says forward Armando Broja “maybe dodged a bullet” with an ankle injury he suffered against England appearing to be less serious than first feared. Broja could yet face former club Chelsea on Saturday having trained since Wednesday but that certainly had not looked like being the case when he left Albania’s World Cup qualifier against England on a stretcher on Sunday.
The 24-year-old’s reaction was understandable given the number of injury problems he has faced in recent seasons, but this time the news appears to be better. “It was his ankle,” Parker said. “I think maybe the mechanism of the injury, I think maybe there was an element of shock for him and obviously a bit of fear there because it looked like he rolled the ankle and felt it was on an ankle that he’s previously done as well.
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