Three Ipswich Town FC midfielders, English nationals Tom Adeyemi and Andre Dozzell, along with their Welsh teammate Emyr Huws, who’ve all been absent due to injury for lengthy periods during the recently-concluded English football season, have taken part in a rehabilitation programme at Aspetar, Qatar’s world-renowned orthopaedic and sports medicine hospital.
Adeyemi has been ruled out since last October due to a hamstring injury, and has worked during his rehabilitation with some of Aspetar’s renowned hamstring injury experts.
Meanwhile Dozzell, who was part of the England team that won the UEFA European U-19 Championship last year, suffered a torn cruciate ligament, an injury the young star picked up last August. Thanks to the progress the player has made, he is expected to make full-recovery in time for next year’s pre-season.
Huws, who is also scheduled to return to action next year, suffered from a longstanding knee injury that hampered most of his season. The player is still being treated at Aspetar, but is set to return to England in a few weeks.
Speaking about his successful rehab at Aspetar, Adeyemi said: “It’s been an amazing experience for me. In terms of the facilities they have on offer, it is the best treatment centre I have ever been to anywhere in the world. When I arrived four weeks ago, I was really struggling with my injury. The work I’ve been able to do and the help I received has been fantastic. I’m now fully confident in my ability to make a full recovery from this injury. I have also been given tools that will help me sustain this progress long-term.”
Commenting on England’s chances at this year’s 2018 FIFA World Cup, Adeyemi said: “I am hopeful that England is going to do well. I think it is difficult because they might be in a bit of a transition stage at the moment because of their young squad.”
Meanwhile, fellow Englishman Dozzell was more optimistic. He said, “Our national youth teams won the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017, and the UEFA European U-19 Championship, so the future is going to be good.”
Commenting on his treatment at Aspetar, Dozzell added: “Aspetar has been the right place for my next stage of rehabilitation because there is a lot of world-class equipment and it’ll hopefully help prepare me for next year’s pre-season training and fixtures.”
Huws also hailed Aspetar’s facilities, commenting, “I advise other athletes who have injuries to come here. The quality of staff is really good and the facilities are second to none.”
Speaking about the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, Huws said, “The 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar will be good, it’ll be different because it’ll be held November. But the weather surprised me. I thought it would be a lot hotter. So I think by November time the weather will be good. Hopefully Wales will advance to the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, and I’ll be there.”