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ACL injuries: Pep Guardiola’s trusted knee surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat explains Premier League increase
19 February 2025 Off

ACL injuries: Pep Guardiola’s trusted knee surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat explains Premier League increase

By Total Football News

The rise in anterior cruciate ligament injuries in the Premier League this season is linked to players competing in more games, says Pep Guardiola’s trusted knee surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat.

This month, Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez became the 10th top-flight player to injure his ACL this season.

That is the most there has been since 2016-17, when there were 12 in the whole season. There were nine during the

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Ramon Diaz at Oxford United: The story of how Argentine took charge of League Two club
9 December 2024 Off

Ramon Diaz at Oxford United: The story of how Argentine took charge of League Two club

By Total Football News

It was December 2004.

Oxford United, the 1986 League Cup winners, were in a slump, having dropped from the second tier to the fourth since 1999 – and were sliding down League Two when owner Firoz Kassam sacked Graham Rix.

Kassam, the club’s unpopular owner, invited out-of-work manager Chris Turner to watch their 1-0 defeat by Swansea – and most people thought he was the new manager, including the Oxford

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