After seeing Arsenal striker Eduardo's horrific leg break last week, I thought I'd make a list of some of the worst broken legs I have ever seen in football.
2008 - Eduardo da Silva - Arsenal v Birmingham - The Brazilian-born Croatian international broke his leg after a shocking challenge by Martin Taylor after only three minutes' play. Gunners and Blues players were visibly horrified.
2006 - Alan Smith - Man Utd v Liverpool - The now-Newcastle midfielder/striker broke his ankle as well as his leg after blocking a John Arne Riise free-kick.
2004 - Djibril Cissé - Liverpool v Blackburn - The French striker broke his leg after a challenge by James McEveley. Amazingly, he came back at the tail-end of the season.
2006 - Djibril Cissé - France v China - The same man again. Cissé broke his leg after a challenge by a Chinese player, effectively putting him out of the World Cup. Amazingly, he is still playing, albeit now for Marseille, whom he joined later that year after his Liverpool contract ran out.
1999 - Henrik Larsson - Celtic v Lyon - The Swede broke his leg after a innocuous tackle by a Lyon player. But the then-dreadlocked striker came back in time for Euro 2000.
1996 - David Busst - Coventry v Man Utd - The grandaddy of them all. Even the toughest of people may vomit after witnessing this. Although the broken leg wasn't seen on TV, it was in a picture accompanied by the headline "Bussted!" United 'keeper Peter Schmeichel had to have counselling. Busst had to have 17 operations afterwards, but they weren't enough to avoid him calling it a day.
And how about the other leg breaks in other sports?
2001 - Wrestling - WCW star Sid Vicious, not to be confused with Sex Pistols lead singer, broke his leg after jumping off the top rope and missing Scott Steiner. Although there were fears that his career all but over, Sid did return three years later.
2007 - Rugby Union - Wales player Chris Czekaj snapped his leg against Australia, the snap and Czekaj's scream could be heard on television.
2005 - Aussie Rules - Possibly the most vicious broken leg in sport. Hawks star Nathan Brown badly broke his leg after it was crushed by a Demons player at Telstra Dome.
