Lallana goes to Africa for rehab

For so long, Africa has been at the backseat. People aspired to go abroad for the best facilities in healthcare, sports, only to mention but a few. Today, we see the tables turning. This is thanks to Adam Lallana’s decision to fly to South Africa to get treatment and rehab after suffering another hamstring injury. The Liverpool midfielder has been named Klopp’s workhorse for his tireless pressing during the first campaign of the Liverpool boss. The player has since suffered from recurring injuries which have kept him out of the squad and have seen the club pretty much brought in a replacement in Oxlade-Chamberlain who joined from Arsenal. Lallana returned this season but his last match was against Crystal Palace in March in which he only played for 5 minutes. An international player from England has left not only his country but his continent, Europe, to come to Africa for his rehab as confirmed by Liverpool Echo.

This is a sign that Africa is rising and is not far behind as everyone anticipated. Lallana is believed to be using the facilities at Sports Science Institute in Cape Town, South Africa. His manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed that the player’s setback was very serious hence he required the best attention in a race against time to make it to the England squad that will fly to Russia for this year’s World Cup tournament. The player has made just 13 appearances this season and it would be a very big call by Southgate if he decides to pick him ahead of other players who have played more games this season. We wish the best for Lallana in his recovery and hope he will spread the word of how good the continent has been to him.

South Africa: PFA continues to use football to bring social cohesion and bridge socio-economic gap

English football’s Professional Football Association has recently made a visit to Cape Town for a grassroots social development programme.In partnership with PFA’s visits which have become regular since 2009 aim to equip impoverished communities with a platform to pursue their passions and possibly reap economic gains from such pursuits. In their most recent, partnering with Tackle Africa, PFA ran coaching clinics and most notably grilled a U14 Making Impact Through Sports (MITS) boys team which will attend a cultural tour in Germany. The PFA also visited the infamous Robben Island where former president, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and capped off their visit by hosting a Homeless World Cup selection tournament in conjunction with an NGO called Oasis.