Metatarsal injuries are common in athletes and usually occur as a result of a direct blow to the foot or as stress fractures.

It is another blow to head coach Vincent Kompany after injuries to defenders Alphonso Davies and Dayot Upamecano.

1 Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan 2 Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Saitama, Japan Background No firm consensus has been established regarding the ...