Eight top players ruined by injuries, including Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere and former Liverpool goal-machine

Paul Gascoigne

The troubled and controversial midfielder ruptured a cruciate ligament in a lunge at Nottingham Forest’s Gary Charles in the 1991 FA Cup final. Then began a lengthy spell on the sidelines for the player who was about to begin a spell at Lazio, though the injury which denied him the chance to lift the FA Cup will always be a gripe with Gazza.