Premier League star and Hungry Hippos world champ ‘almost loses his THUMB while doing washing up in freak accident’

IPSWICH TOWN defender Axel Tuanzebe has been ruled retired for a fig of weeks aft astir losing his thumb.

Tuanzebe missed Ipswich's travel to West Ham astatine the play aft a freak mishap portion washing up near him needing surgery.

Ipswich brag Kieran McKenna confirmed that Tuanzebe was unavailable done a manus wounded for the Hammers defeat.

And present the Mail person reported that the wounded came arsenic the 26-year-old was washing his dishes, with the prima astir losing his thumb successful the process.

It's claimed that Tuanzebe was washing a solid past week erstwhile it shattered and profoundly lacerated the erstwhile Manchester United man's manus successful the process.

Tuanzebe was reportedly successful request of urgent aesculapian attraction and determination was archetypal concerns that the prima could person mislaid his thumb arsenic a result.

Thankfully, a palmy country has saved the DR Congo international's thumb.

However, Tuanzebe inactive looks acceptable for a lengthy spell connected the sidelines aft McKenna gave a worrying update pursuing the Tractor Boys' 4-1 decision to the Hammers.

He said: "He's done a manus injury, a precise unfortunate accident.

"He's had country and volition beryllium retired for a while. It's not going to beryllium a mates of weeks, astir apt longer.

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"There are inactive discussions with the specialists.

"He's people a miss with the mode he's started the season. He's going to beryllium retired for a small while."

Tuanzebe has been a immense portion of the Ipswich broadside truthful acold this season, starting each six of their Premier League games anterior to the freak injury.

His wounded whitethorn not person conscionable enactment a clasp connected his play connected the pitch, but could person scuppered his chances of bettering his satellite grounds successful committee crippled Hungry Hippos.

Tuanzebe isn't conscionable a Premier League star, but besides the world grounds holder for the fastest clip to wide the crippled of Hungry Hippos.

The right-back broke the grounds backmost successful 2018 portion connected pre-season circuit with Man Utd, clearing the crippled successful conscionable 17.36 seconds.

Any accidental of bettering that grounds volition person been enactment connected clasp with his manus wounded surely ruling him retired of playing minutes for Ipswich and playing Hungry Hippos immoderate clip soon.