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Santi Cazorla let's the world know what it was like to spend 600 days on the sidelines

Former Arsenal midfielder, now at Villarreal Santi Cazorla [Courtesy]

Santi Cazorla has revealed he lost a huge chunk of tendon to the bacteria-eating infection that ended his Arsenal career.

The midfielder spent 636 days on the sidelines after picking up the bug in hospital while going under the knife.

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