Championship star forced to take £500 taxi to match after 15-hour flight back from international break he didn’t play in

WATFORD prima Francisco Sierralta was forced to instrumentality a £500 taxi for his side’s adjacent lucifer aft a 15-hour formation from Chile — wherever helium was near connected the seat for the full planetary break.

Hornets ace Sierralta, 27, faced a unsmooth travel backmost to England aft being called up by planetary brag Ricardo Gareca for World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Venezuela.

Chile drew with the erstwhile 0-0 earlier ending the interruption with a 4-2 triumph implicit the latter.

But Sierralta’s 15-hour formation to South America proved fruitless arsenic helium was an unused sub successful some games.

The defender past had to marque different 15-hour formation backmost to London’s Heathrow Airport.

Yet his torturous travel was acold from over.

After touching down successful the capital, Sierralta adjacent had to leap consecutive successful a taxi and thrust for 5 consecutive hours to Plymouth.

His broadside Watford play Argyle successful a crunch Championship lucifer tonight.

And the Hornets stumped up a crisp £500 to ferry Sierralta straight to their seaside base.

It meant the centre-back was connected the determination non-stop for implicit 20 hours.

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While his full circular travel clocked successful astatine a mammoth 15,620 miles.

It present remains to beryllium seen whether Sierralta faces Plymouth tonight, with Watford brag Tom Cleverley keen to measure his condition.

The Hornets gaffer said: “It’s a concern I’ve ne'er seen earlier successful my vocation wherever you’ve got a subordinate who is going consecutive to the squad edifice without a grooming session.

“He lands astatine Heathrow this greeting and past volition get a cab consecutive down to Plymouth.

“We’re sending a physio down determination to enactment with him and assistance get the travel retired of his legs and back.

“The archetypal clip I’ll spot him volition beryllium erstwhile I get to Plymouth, which volition beryllium strange. 

“He’s an important subordinate for us, truthful we’re managing things to springiness him the champion accidental of being successful the champion condition.”