Arsenal loaner Charlie Patino suffered a devastating ankle injury in Blackpool's championship clash with QPR on Tuesday, just two weeks after joining the club. suffered.
18-year-old midfielder started the game just 15 minutes into the game,QPR defender twisted his ankle as he tried to steal the ball to Jimmy Dunne. rice field.
Despite the severity of his injury, he played for another 30 minutes but had to be substituted at half-time to receive treatment.
To make matters worse for the Seasiders,Manchester City loaner Luis Fiorini was forced off midway through the second half with a hamstring problem.
Blackpool won his 1–0 victory, but manager Michael his Appleton expressed his concern when discussing his two injury blows. I had a hard time hiding the
He said: "It's not great, to be honest. Obviously, in the next 72 hours I imagine we'll have full coverage.
"Lewis (Fiorini) definitely did his hamstring.Unfortunately we won't know until the scan.
"Charlie (Patino), his ankle was quite swollen and he was It was also very swollen, so we have to control it and take the swelling out.
”Once the swelling is under control, we can go for an examination. ''
Patino joined Blackpool on his one-his-season loan from Arsenal at the beginning of August.
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He made an impact as soon as he arrived and became one of Blackpool's Fans have already been very impressed with the midfielder who made his Championship debut in a 2–0 defeat to Stoke earlier this month.
After that match, the Blackpool boss said: "He keeps his distance from people sometimes with his ability to get away from them.
"I thought he was great. I thought he was showing his composure.He was showing his old head on his very young shoulders.I enjoyed watching him.
" Seasons to come look forward to seeing him."
