FULHAM’S Lucas Piazon has suffered a broken ankle. Andre Dozzell, of Ipswich, is out for the season with a torn cruciate ligament, and Hull City have lost Abel Hernandez for months with an Achilles injury.
We are still in August and heady pre-season dreams are already being shattered.

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Rehab is a long, lonely road with no guarantees. Has that yard of pace, such a crucial element in the modern game, been lost? And what if the replacement has flourished?
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