Andre Gomes suffered a horrific leg break during Everton’s match vs Spurs in the Premier League on Sunday and this incident has been overshadowed almost every other footballing news on Monday.

Andre Gomes was on the receiving end of a tackle from Son Heung-min and an awkward fall plus a collision with Aurier resulted in a terrible injury.

The incident meant that there was a lengthy break during which Son was shown a red card but irrespective of that, the South Korean looked completely devastated and was in tears after he saw the extent of the injury.

Everton have confirmed a surgery will be carried out on Monday and only then will they be able to update on the extent of the damage.

But right now the question everyone’s asking is whether Andre Gomes will ever be able to play football again.

While a number of people have put forward their theories, a doctor[Bran Sutterer] on Youtube has in detail talked about the whole incident and also about future possibilities.

Here’s what the doctor had to say regarding some of the most important questions[as quoted].

How did the injury happen?

The doctor said: “Basically, what’s happening here is his foot is going into a severe amount of rotation while his leg is planted into the ground. When this force becomes so overwhelming, you ultimately can tear the ligaments in the ankle – and then if it continues, cause the actual ankle to fracture, like what happened here with Gomes.

“This is the exact mechanism that we see when someone suffers a high ankle sprain, except in this case the force just becomes so overwhelming that not only do you injure the ligaments, but you can also fracture the ankle.

“Looking at this image we can see that his foot looks like it’s pointed out in relation to his tibia – or to his shinbone. The foot here is in an externally rotated position. If we have that talus and we have it enclosed by the tibia and fibula, and then we extremely rotate externally in that talus, it’s going to force that tibia and fibula to spread apart as that bone is rotated.”

What the medical staff did immediately after the injury?

Apart from explaining the injury, Bran also shed light on how the medical staff would have acted in such a scenario.

He added: “Right away on the field, there are a couple of things the medical team need to focus on to try and ensure the safety of his leg going forward,

“The key here is all about blood flow and trying to reduce the risk of infection. They’re going to make sure there’s proper blood flow and then they’re going to try and reduce and relocate, if possible, that ankle joint. When you reduce it, you’re basically getting those bones back into proper alignment and then putting some sort of cast around it to make sure they stay in proper alignment before you get to the hospital.”

Will Andre Gomes be able to play again?

The doctor has remained optimistic saying that Andre Gomes has the opportunity to return back to full fitness but it will all depend on various conditions.

“Finally, what does this mean long-term for his career? We’ve seen this type of injury in other sports and we’ve seen athletes come back from it. You can come back from these injuries,” the doctor adds.

“It’s not so much how the bones will heal when you have a fracture, as much as it is how the muscles, the nerves and the tendons and ligaments can be damaged whenever you have these types of injuries.

“Generally the bone heals pretty well, even if it was a compound fracture where the bone came through the skin, you control the infections, you fix the bone and usually it does pretty good.

“What’s harder to recover from is the damage to the ligaments in the ankle that can get torn, if there’s been damage to the muscle or the nerves, those are the things that are ultimately going to determine how well someone is able to come back from this type of injury.”

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