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City boss Craig Levein has revealed that young midfielder James Wesolowski is currently in hospital after breaking his leg in the 0-0 pre-season friendly draw with Celtic on Tuesday evening.
The 17-year-old midfielder has been in fine form since the players returned to training at the start of the month.
A fine performance in the opening friendly of the season against Kettering elevated Wesolowski onto the first-team tour to Norway - where he also excelled against Bodo Glimt and Lillestrom.
But a challenge involving Celtic defender Bobo Balde left the Young Australian needing emergency treatment on the pitch before he was taken to hospital.
Speaking after the game, Levein said: "James has unfortunately broken his leg. I really do feel for him. He has only just burst onto the scene in the last week or so and has performed remarkably well for one so young.
"Psychologically this will be a real blow for him, but he is mentally a very strong kid. I wouldn't have had the confidence to play him against Celtic if I didn't think he had great mental reserves. That will stand him in good stead when he is recovering from this injury.
"The break is in a bad area and it looks as though it is going to have to be pinned. You could ask me to guess when he will be back playing but I have really no idea. I do know though that it is a serious injury.
"He was in the team on merit and the evidence was there to show that in the game.
"It's a blow for the club because his energy was infectious. Joey Gudjonsson replaced him and had a great game because I think he felt under pressure.
"With Patrick Kisnorbo being injured at the moment it was a blessing for me to have someone like James to appear on the scene from nowhere. It's unfortunate and I just hope the lad gets back as quickly as possible.
"We always expected the match to be a competitive game, but we didn't think that something like this would happen."
The Foxes went into the game on the back of a disappointing 5-1 defeat at the hands of Norwegian side Lillestrom at the weekend, and Levein said he was happy with the way his players reacted to that performance.
He added: "I thought we were the better side and controlled more of the ball than Celtic did. We had the better chances, including the missed penalty.
"But I wasn't particularly fussy about the actual performance. Don't get me wrong, we wanted to play well, but the aim was to wash away the memory of the Lillestrom defeat and the way some of the players played in that game.
"We needed to get back to this idea that we play with high energy and we don't give teams time to play. That was evident tonight. All the players contributed to us putting in a decent performance.
"I hope our supporters are happy with that. We have had a little bit of work to do with regard to cutting the wage bill. We had to try and dig out some value for money players and I hope that our fans will be pleased with what they have seen so far, although it is very early on.
"Our attitude was good tonight. We did what we should be all about which is pressing the ball. When you look at Gareth Williams closing people down, winning the ball and driving forward from deep in the opposing half then you see that we will get goals from that.
"If we can get Gareth to do that, who is probably our most skilful player, then the rest will follow. I thought he was great tonight, as were the rest of the players."
OS said:Wesolowski Blow
City boss Craig Levein has revealed that young midfielder James Wesolowski is currently in hospital after breaking his leg in the 0-0 pre-season friendly draw with Celtic on Tuesday evening.
The 17-year-old midfielder has been in fine form since the players returned to training at the start of the month.
A fine performance in the opening friendly of the season against Kettering elevated Wesolowski onto the first-team tour to Norway - where he also excelled against Bodo Glimt and Lillestrom.
But a challenge involving Celtic defender Bobo Balde left the Young Australian needing emergency treatment on the pitch before he was taken to hospital.
Speaking after the game, Levein said: "James has unfortunately broken his leg. I really do feel for him. He has only just burst onto the scene in the last week or so and has performed remarkably well for one so young.
"Psychologically this will be a real blow for him, but he is mentally a very strong kid. I wouldn't have had the confidence to play him against Celtic if I didn't think he had great mental reserves. That will stand him in good stead when he is recovering from this injury.
"The break is in a bad area and it looks as though it is going to have to be pinned. You could ask me to guess when he will be back playing but I have really no idea. I do know though that it is a serious injury.
"He was in the team on merit and the evidence was there to show that in the game.
"It's a blow for the club because his energy was infectious. Joey Gudjonsson replaced him and had a great game because I think he felt under pressure.
"With Patrick Kisnorbo being injured at the moment it was a blessing for me to have someone like James to appear on the scene from nowhere. It's unfortunate and I just hope the lad gets back as quickly as possible.
"We always expected the match to be a competitive game, but we didn't think that something like this would happen."
The Foxes went into the game on the back of a disappointing 5-1 defeat at the hands of Norwegian side Lillestrom at the weekend, and Levein said he was happy with the way his players reacted to that performance.
He added: "I thought we were the better side and controlled more of the ball than Celtic did. We had the better chances, including the missed penalty.
"But I wasn't particularly fussy about the actual performance. Don't get me wrong, we wanted to play well, but the aim was to wash away the memory of the Lillestrom defeat and the way some of the players played in that game.
"We needed to get back to this idea that we play with high energy and we don't give teams time to play. That was evident tonight. All the players contributed to us putting in a decent performance.
"I hope our supporters are happy with that. We have had a little bit of work to do with regard to cutting the wage bill. We had to try and dig out some value for money players and I hope that our fans will be pleased with what they have seen so far, although it is very early on.
"Our attitude was good tonight. We did what we should be all about which is pressing the ball. When you look at Gareth Williams closing people down, winning the ball and driving forward from deep in the opposing half then you see that we will get goals from that.
"If we can get Gareth to do that, who is probably our most skilful player, then the rest will follow. I thought he was great tonight, as were the rest of the players."
gloucesterfox said:Celtic fans don't seem impressed with him either:
to be fair silver no footballer deserves that. Not even one that did it to another player.SilverFox said:He was f**king brilliant tonight and deserved a place in the team! I had no idea he could play THAT well!
F**king Balde!!! I hope someone breaks both his f**king legs C*nt!!!!
I'm fuming because of this. I pray everything is ok for him.Rayvon said:i'm ****in disgusted. what sort of a **** breaks a 17 year olds leg in a freindly game.
what a prick, i'm gonna go and vent some anger on a celtic board.
fcukcov said:to be fair silver no footballer deserves that. Not even one that did it to another player.
SilverFox said:Yeah but Weso may never be the same. He might not go in for challenges, or take risks he would have before, all because of some f*cking clown! Its disgraceful it really is!!!
Petrov19 said:I'd just like to apolgise on behalf of Celtic fan's for this tackle. It was a disgrace and we all feel the same way. We had John Kennedy, a 19 year old promising defender crippled 18 months ago by a dreadful challenge when he was making his Scotland debut. He's still recovering from injury after his knee was shattered.
I won't defend the tackle but I can say that Bobo is not a dirty player. There wouldn't have been intent there. He is very clumsy, yes, and even rash sometimes, but he wouldn't have intentionally injured the boy. He will apologise in public I'm sure but that doesn't really make up for up.
We all wish the player a speedy recovery and hope he comes back to fufill his potential.
Petrov19 said:I'd just like to apolgise on behalf of Celtic fan's for this tackle. It was a disgrace and we all feel the same way. We had John Kennedy, a 19 year old promising defender crippled 18 months ago by a dreadful challenge when he was making his Scotland debut. He's still recovering from injury after his knee was shattered.
I won't defend the tackle but I can say that Bobo is not a dirty player. There wouldn't have been intent there. He is very clumsy, yes, and even rash sometimes, but he wouldn't have intentionally injured the boy. He will apologise in public I'm sure but that doesn't really make up for up.
We all wish the player a speedy recovery and hope he comes back to fufill his potential.
Hazzman said:I feel gutted. That a young lad can be have his footballing career in jeopardy. Lets hope hes determined and its not as bad as orignally though.
Weso I may sound a puff but I will prey for you.
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