Stuck in a Bristol hotel room and unable to move his left leg Ross McCrorie wondered if he’d kick a ball in the Championship never mind the Euros this season. The best way the former Aberdeen and Rangers man can describe the agony of the bone infection osteomyelitis is that his leg was disabled. The right back had just joined Bristol City in a £2m move from Pittodrie having forced his way into the Scotland squad for the Euro qualifiers against Norway and Georgia. But remarkably, thanks to an inner drive that saw him walking within five days of his surgery instead of the estimated six weeks, McCrorie now stands on the verge of a spot in the Scotland squad heading to Germany. A meaty scar is now the only reminder of a miraculous rehab that saw his entire left side have to be rebuilt.

Source: Express June 01, 2024 05:23 UTC