Jenas' Freak Injury - More Info!
By Matthew Jones
November 7 2003
Jermaine Jenas goes to the toilet, bends down and is suddenly in a seizure! This happened before Basel vs Newcastle United last night in Switzerland and Jenas (at one point) was ruled out of the game, just moments before the pre-match warm-up.
Apparently, the England ace suffered from a trapped a disc while visiting the toilet minutes before the warm-up for the clash - which Newcastle eventually won 3-2.
Sir Bobby has been quoted on teletext saying: "You wouldn't believe this - he went to the toilet, bent down and suddenly was in a seizure.
"He couldn't move and at that stage, he was out of the team.
"Just before the warm-up it was decided that he couldn't play, but we stuck ice on his stomach and manipulated it and it got better and better."
Jenas DID play the game, and Robson said afterwards: "We put ice on it and manipulated it and then sent him outside to try it out a bit better.
"But with 40 minutes to go before kick-off, he was out of the team.
"He'd tweaked some sort of disc in the back, from what I gather, but we put ice on it and he went out and played."