Brum boss Bowyer reveals all on Brighton loanee’s ‘crazy’ injury saga
Birmingham City manager Lee Bowyer revealed that a freak injury had prevented Brighton & Hove Albion loanee Taylor Richards from making his Blues debut.
The 21-year-old joined the Championship club on loan for the remainder of the campaign on January 7, and the midfielder was expected to feature in the Blues’ FA Cup third round tie at home to Plymouth Argyle
a day later. But Richards, who spent last season on loan at League One Doncaster Rovers, suffered an unexpected and unlikely setback during his medical.
Speaking to Birmingham Live, Bowyer said: “I wasn’t there when it happened, he jumped up in the air, there is a board, the players do this every day, like part of their warm-up and testing to see where they are at with their calves. He has jumped and landed on the edge of the board.
“I have never heard anything like this. The players have done it a thousand times – it’s just this season, he did it ten times and then he does it.
“It’s crazy. I have never heard of a player getting injured in the medical.”