After spending a year on the sidelines without playing professional football, Malayali footballer Arjun Jayaraj's career has taken another unexpected turn.
The 24-year-old midfielder signed a three-year deal with Kerala Blasters in 2019 but couldn't make a single appearance for the Yellow Army.
The player, for whose signature Blasters paid a transfer fee to Gokulam Kerala, suffered an ankle injury at the beginning of the 2019-20 season and that, in hindsight, was also the beginning of the end for the player's Blasters career.
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He was not included in the squad for ISL 2019-20 by then-coach Eelco Schattorie due to his injury and what followed was a long drawn out process of surgery and rehabilitation.