Big Willie wrote:
Klaus wrote:
Sidenote, but I wonder how many top level players who have suffered an ACL tear and actually come back to pre-injury level for a prolonged period of time.
van Nistelrooy and Totti are the only ones I can think of, and out of those two at least Ruud was undoubtedly better in his mid-20s than he was afterwards.
Del Piero as well. One could also argue the case for Pires considering the performances and numbers he put up in 2002/2003 and 2003/2004. Guy was sublime even after his return from injury.
But not the same player, which i think was klaus' point. Pires was a pacy creative dribbler pre injury, but much more of an off the ball poacher after. People also forget that RVN only turned into a pure poacher post injury, but was more of an explosive all rounder before that. Same with del piero and totti, who adjusted to become more out and out playmakers
Shearer is the only one i can think of
