BOLTON star Victor Adeboyejo was ruled out of a cup clash after a violent SNEEZE.
The centre-forward unbelievably injured himself while letting out a sneeze ahead of Bolton’s Bristol Street Motors Trophy clash with Barrow on Tuesday.
Adeboyejo, 26, was set to take part in the group game, but was forced to pull out after feeling discomfort in his ribcage and back.
According to Wanderers boss Ian Evatt, that discomfort was all caused because of a “powerful” sneeze.
Speaking to The Bolton News after the game, Evatt explained: “Victor has been suffering with a nasty back injury and a sneeze set it off yesterday believe it or not.
“We have had it scanned and should have the results very soon, everyone remembers the challenge at Charlton, he was OK at the time.
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“But then he had a pretty hefty sneeze – now Victor is a powerful boy and even his sneezes are powerful.
“He felt a bit of a crack in between his ribs and we are hopeful it is just a cartilage or muscular issue but until we had a good look at the scan we won’t know.”
Bolton did just fine without Adeboyejo, managing a 3-2 win over League Two side Barrow to get their campaign off to a winning start.
The Trotters are going along much better in the cups that the league.
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Two wins in the Carabao Cup have teed up a trip to face Premier League giants Arsenal in the third round later this month.
However, their performances in League One see them sat 18th, winning just one of their four opening games.
That victory was at Leyton Orient on the opening day – when Adeboyejo scored the winner.
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