Unusual? It is. Surreal? Also. Besides the crazy nature of the information, the conclusion is even remarkable. For two years, Bilbao’s Ghanaian international striker Inaki Williams had been playing with a small piece of glass stuck in his foot.
His coach Ernesto Valverde announced at a press conference, before the match against Rayo Vallecano (this Saturday 6:30 p.m.), that the striker was uncertain because he is coming out of a surgical operation during which a two-centimeter piece of glass was placed on him. removed from the foot. He would have this discomfort since a vacation where the player had removed a large part of the piece himself, but the scar still hurt.
Athletic Club manager Ernesto Valverde revealed that forward Iñaki Williams had been playing football with a shard of glass in his foot for the past two years.
Iñaki shared footage of the glass on his Instagram story 😳 pic.twitter.com/RJ1snJekOu
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What makes this story remarkable is that Inaki Williams broke the record for consecutive matches in La Liga during the 2022-2023 season: 251 matches in more than six years and a trophy to boot. And all this, with glass in the sole of the foot…
At 6:30 p.m., Athletic Bilbao travels to Rayo Vallecano for the last day of the Spanish championship.
