• Defender to be out for a year after crash on night out
Richard Keogh has been left distraught after Derby sacked him on Wednesday. The club captain sustained serious knee ligament injuries when he was in the car that his teammate Tom Lawrence crashed into a lamppost after a boozy night out on 24 September.
Keogh, 33, has had surgery and is expected to be out for 12-14 months, giving him a return date of the end of next year. His contract, under which he was paid £24,000 a week, was set to expire in June 2020.
Written by Exclusive by David Hytner
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/30/derby-sack-richard-keogh-car-crash-reduced-wages under the title “Derby sack Richard Keogh a month after being injured in car crash”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
