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To suffer one ACL injury is hard, but to come back from two must take someone with a steely determination and an innate desire to subvert the odds.
Thankfully, United defender Aoife Mannion possesses both of these qualities.
In 2019 and 2022, Mannion was sidelined with such injuries but on both occasions overcame them to represent United.
âI had to draw on different motivations [the second] time, just thinking 'letâs make the most out of this single opportunity today, to invest myself in the rehab and then I can relax later,ââ she said.
Now fully recovered, Aoife wants her journey to inspire others â something she feels is not present enough in the womenâs game.
âI think that something I would have liked when I first got injured was to see more people talking about it, itâs just quite a dramatic injury really, itâs quite a long injury, particularly in the women's game.
âIt can be quite inspirational for people who are going through an ACL injury to see...
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