Fabregas is currently injured and will miss the rest of the season after cracking his right fibula during the first leg of the Gunners' Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona.

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Fabregas, however, has been told results of his scan have revealed a crack in his fibula, sustained during English club Arsenal's 2-2 draw with Barcelona in their quarterfinal clash on Wednesday.

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That, combined with the constant pounding Ware endured through an entire season of basketball, may have created small stress fractures in the tibia and fibula bones in his lower leg, causing his bone to snap when he took a bad step.

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"Luka Modric suffered a fracture to his fibula on Saturday which does not require surgery and simply requires the wearing of an aircast protective boot, " read a statement on the Tottenham club website.

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Picked up by the Carolina Panthers, he spent three of the next four years sharing playing time with the likes of Vinny Testeverde, Jake Delhomme and Jimmy Clausen (Moore missed the entire 2008 season with a broken left fibula).

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