Swansea suffer heavy Burgess injury blow
Swansea City suffer a heavy blow on the eve of the new Championship season as scans reveal centre-back Cameron Burgess has suffered a ruptured Achilles.
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Key People
Ben Cabango is a Welsh professional footballer and captain of Swansea City.
Cameron Burgess is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swansea City and the Australian national team.
Filip Lissah is an academy product and a rising football player at Swansea City.
Stephen Welsh is a footballer who spent last season on loan at Motherwell from Celtic.
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Swansea City suffer a heavy blow on the eve of the new Championship season as scans reveal centre-back Cameron Burgess has suffered a ruptured Achilles.
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