Tosker
Does Not Hate Foreigners
are footballers patched up on the NHS or do clubs use private doctors? I'm guessing Santi needed more specialist help than would be available within the club's own medical set-up, and probably the best treatment would be within the NHSYep, they had to remove the pins afterwards in a new operation because they were irritating him.
The Isaac Hayden stuff from a while back is genuinely shocking to see
(for those who haven't seen):
Is it naive to think that a club with the resources that Arsenal have should be doing better than this?