Zhirkov reveals injury woe

03 September 2009 09:25
// A bit of a hack but it works// The article snippet is wrapped onto a second line, even when #article-sub is emptyif( $("div#article-sub").children().length == 0 ) {$("div#article-sub").remove();} Chelsea winger Yuri Zhirkov is finding his time on the sidelines 'unbearably hard'.[LNB] The Russia international has missed the start of the Blues' Premier League campaign because of a knee injury aggravated on the club's pre-season tour of America.[LNB]Zhirkov signed at Stamford Bridge from CSKA Moscow for £18million during the summer and is growing increasingly frustrated as the wait to make his competitive debut goes on.[LNB]He said in the Daily Express: "My knee is still hurting me, but it is better than two weeks ago when it was agony even to step on the foot.[LNB]"I wish I had a usual kind of injury when I would know exactly that, say, in a month it will all be over.[LNB]"But when I can't fully comprehend my situation, and even the doctors do not say anything definitively, it is unbearably hard.[LNB]"My biggest dream now is to wake up one day and realise that the pain in my knee is all but gone."[LNB]

Source: SKY_Sports