Chris Basham's recovery from a broken ankle is already underway.
The centre-back suffered the freak injury in Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Fulham, crumpling in a heap after putting in a cross from the right. It took almost 15 minutes to remove the experienced defender from the pitch wearing an oxygen mask, so delicate an operation it was. Often injuries need a couple of days for swelling to go down before they can even be assessed properly, but Basham went under the knife on Sunday for an initial operation, with another due later this week.
' Fulham defender Tom Ream was widely praised for his reaction to the incident, the first person over to Basham to check on him before the physios could make it onto the field. The injury comes at a bad time for 35-year-old Basham and his club. The right-sided centre-back has been made vice-captain this season and has appeared in all nine of their matches this season, starting three in the Premier League.
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