Eduardo has received support from David Busst, the former Coventry player who had a similar injury to Eduardo.

Eduardo is in a London hospital, recovering from an operation he had almost immediately after breaking his leg on Saturday afternoon.

In his first words since Eduardo’s horrific injury, he said “I don’t remember the incident very well and it is not something that I want to see again on television or in the newspapers. All I remember is that when I fell, I looked down at my foot and it had turned the other way. The rest is just a blank. It was an unfortunate situation but these things can happen in football. I am unsure at the moment of the extent of the injury and how long I will be out of action for but I know that I won’t be able to play for Arsenal for the rest of the season or be ready in time for the Euro’s this summer. But I’m not worried about that. My concentration and determination is on making as quick a recovery as possible. I am determined to overcome this injury.”

If it is possible in his situation to take any positives, perhaps David Busst is the one person who can try and offer support, talking to BBC Radio 5 Live he said “I’d like to reassure Eduardo and tell him not to let people compare his injury to mine because I did have to give up. It was the infection, muscle and tissue damage that stopped me from playing again. They will have closed up where the bone had come out from the skin and pinned the bones. If they have done all that without any infection then he will be back playing when the bone has healed in about 12 months.”