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I just came across this on the BBC about his injury - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41857095
I'm glad he's okay. I like him as a footballer, but more importantly I'm glad another human being is doing okay. I know a young man who lost his leg below the knee to a blood infection - it's tragic.Arsenal's Santi Cazorla says doctors told him he should be "satisfied" just to walk again after he contracted gangrene following an operation.
The 32-year-old Spain international last played in October 2016 and had ankle surgery two months later.
Despite eight operations, the wound did not heal and became infected.
Midfielder Cazorla told Marca the infection had "eaten" the Achilles tendon on his right leg, adding: "There was eight centimetres of it missing."
Despite several successful antibiotic treatments, there were fears the former Villarreal and Malaga player could lose his leg because of a blood infection.
His last operation was a reconstruction of the Achilles tendon on 29 May, with doctors grafting skin from his left arm - featuring a tattoo - to his right ankle.
Cazorla has since been on an intense rehabilitation programme and says he expects to be playing again in the new year.