John Souttar’s Achilles agony was made worse by lockdown and being unable to get the treatment he needed.The Hearts and Scotland centre back underwent surgery in August after suffering a relapse of the injury that originally occurred back in February.It has been a year of hell for the 24-year-old, who was forced off during the Jambos’ opening game of the 2019/20 season and wasn’t seen again until January after it was eventually diagnosed as damaged ankle ligaments.But just weeks after making his comeback, the former Dundee United star lasted only 15 minutes of the Tynecastle side’s 1-0 Scottish Cup quarter-final victory over Rangers eight months ago.It was confirmed Souttar would need to go under the knife again and he was ruled out until.
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