In the ranking of physical pains that hurt but don’t really cause that much damage, stubbing your toe is up there along with stepping on a rogue Lego brick or whacking your funny bone, yet Sofiane Bofual has managed to cause serious damage to himself from the former.
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Sofiane Boufal stubbed his toe in the kitchen at home and hasn’t trained for 3 days Major doubt for Saturday
— Adam Blackmore (@AdamBlackmore) November 28, 2019
Ralph Hasenhuttl admitted in his pre-match press conference ahead of Southampton’s must-win fixture against Watford that the Moroccan international had stubbed his big toe at home, resulting in the former Lille attacker missing three days of training and making him a doubt for this weekend’s game.
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With the likes of Dave Beasant severing a tendon in his big toe after dropping a bottle of salad cream to Paul Gascoigne injuring Bryan Robson by accidentally dropping a bed on his foot and breaking a toe as per 90min, Boufal has now joined the pantheon of hilarious footballing injuries, and Southampton supporters had a field day on social media with it.
Here’s what Southampton fans had to say about Boufal’s oddly funny injury on social media, with plenty of supporters seeing the funny side to one of their star attackers potentially being out due to a stubbed toe…
Genuinely thought that was a wind up until I saw who tweeted. Frustrating. Sofiane should be fine by Sat eve tbf Ad.
— Ralph’s… (@saintbannerman) November 28, 2019
What was he cooking? Toed in the hole?
— Jayden Frankling (@J_Frankling) November 28, 2019
Make mental note stub toe equals time off…. But down side I wouldn’t get paid!!!
— Colin carter (@colinc1968) November 28, 2019
— Christoph Auckland (@ChrisAuckland) November 28, 2019
Lots of fans couldn’t believe what Boufal had done to potentially rule himself out of this weekend’s crucial fixture…
@sosoboufal19 m8 wot u like
— (@RobJ002) November 28, 2019
Only Boufal would kick his toe and rule himself out for the weekend #SaintsFC
— Jay (@ffsJxy) November 28, 2019
Feels like the right time to remember this Premier League classic… pic.twitter.com/QXEqaUf9bO
— Ben Stanfield (@BenStanners) November 28, 2019
Boufal out injured because he’s stubbed his toe at home is typical of us this season #saintsfc
— dan (@TheDanJames) November 28, 2019
A win for Southampton on Saturday can see the Saints go as close as one point off Premier League safety in the league table.
