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Chelsea defender vows to 'come back stronger' after horror injury

Kurt Zouma screams in pain after landing on his knee during Chelsea Vs Manchester United on 7/02/2016
Kurt Zouma screams in pain after landing on his knee during Chelsea Vs Manchester United on 7/02/2016
A scan on the injury shows that the 21-year-old damaged his cruciate ligament and will undergo surgey this week to correct it
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Zouma jumped and landed on his right leg with his fully body weight passing through his knee during Chelsea 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Sunday, February, 7.

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A scan on the injury shows that the 21-year-old damaged his cruciate ligament and will undergo surgey this week to correct it.

The France international will miss the rest of this season and Euro 2016.

He took to Twitter to confirm his injury on Twitter, writing: "Scans today has shown I injured my ACL. I will have surgery this week & will come back stronger."

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"Thank you everyone for all the messages."

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