Before Abdukodir Khusanov became Manchester City’s first Uzbek player, his career took an unexpected turn at youth level. At 15, Khusanov had to step away from Uzbekistan’s youth national team for several months because of Osgood-Schlatter disease — a growth-related knee condition common among young athletes. At the time, he was not yet a centre-back. … Continue reading How a teenage knee condition helped turn Abdukodir Khusanov into a centre-back