West Ham United defender Angelo Ogbonna has taken to Twitter to provide an update on his injury situation.
Ogbonna has written himself into West Ham United folklore after Slaven Bilic revealed last week that the Italian international has been selflessly playing with a serious knee injury for most of the season in order to help the team.
The Hammers announced the £8 million signing of Southampton captain Jose Fonte who was brought in as a replacement for Ogbonna who needed an operation and will subsequently be out for the rest of the season.
West Ham United’s Angelo Ogbonna
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And now the former Juventus centre back has taken to Twitter to update fans on his situation.
“My surgery was successful,” Ogbonna said on Twitter.
“Now I’m ready for recovery, supported by those who are always by my side! Come on you Irons!”
It was a problem that Ogbonna had been playing through pain with all season.
Ogbonna has been playing through pain for the club
Playing through pain for the club, for the manager, for his teammates with a serious injury which clearly had been impeding his ability to get around the pitch in the way he and his fans had become accustomed.
Ogbonna risked ridicule, his reputation and his future for West Ham this season and not once did he use it as an excuse for his or the team’s poor performances.
And the club were quick to acknowledge their big defender.
“Everyone at West Ham United wishes you a full and speedy recovery,” posted West Ham’s official Twitter feed.
The selflessness of Ogbonna’s act, let’s not beat around the bush the player may well have been risking his career, deserves widespread recognition and applause.
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And it comes as the antidote to a player at the other end of the respect spectrum, Dimitri Payet, who went on strike and cut himself off from his teammates to force a move back to Marseille
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