Why does demba ba fail medicals

Allied to his religious faith — a devout Muslim Ba prays five times a day — such setbacks have turned him into the "mentally strongest" player Pardew has worked with. An influential voice in Newcastle's dressing room, there is a sense that, internally, he is raging against previous injustices — not to mention a dying of the light threatened by a knee problem that, sooner or later, is expected to bring his career to a premature end. One of seven children born to immigrants living in a Paris suburb, Ba began his football career as a central midfielder — "a bit like Patrick Vieira" he has said — but decided that tackling was not too much fun and switched to attack.

Initially he struggled to make a breakthrough, experiencing rejections by Watford, Barnsley and several European sides. He eventually joined Rouen in France and then Mouscron in Belgium, before getting properly noticed at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga. In he had broken his left leg in two places and a surgeon had inserted a pin to stabilise the fractures. In it was removed during emergency surgery at a German trauma clinic and in the course of that operation a tendon became damaged.

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix December Max Verstappen 2. Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 3. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 4. Alexander Albon 5. Transfers are now subject to a very rigorous medical regime to check the player has no injuries that will prevent them in the future or fitness issues. Clubs are very reluctant to take a player on when they have failed a medical. There have been various cases throughout the year where big money moves have been prevented by failed medicals.

It is fair to say Radamel Falcao's time in the premier league was not the finest. He had spells at both Manchester United and Chelsea where he played very little football. Unsurprisingly he looked for a move away in January It was set that he would return to Monaco for the second half of the season but he remained at Chelsea to see out his loan as when he visited his parent club he failed fitness tests.

Falcao has since returned to Monaco and his having a successful season captaining the French side. Kanu, unlike others, failed a medical after he had signed for a club and played friendly games. He signed from Ajax to Inter Milan in for a deal worth 4. However, the former Arsenal and Portsmouth player came back from winning Olympic gold with Nigeria to find out he had a serious heart defect and underwent surgery in November