Salomón Rondón still cries over James McCarthy's broken leg | OneFootball

Salomón Rondón is still haunted over what happened last January, when he and West Bromwich Albion took on Everton at Goodison Park.

During the second half of the 1-1 draw, Rondón accidentally kicked the back of McCarthy’s calf, which sent James McCarthy to the ground and screaming in agony as he suffered a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula.

Rondón had to be consoled on the pitch by then-manager Alan Pardew and is still moved to tears when he thinks about that fateful afternoon.

“Life played me a bad turn because I was the one who experienced it,” Rondón said prior to breaking down in tears on Telemundo.

“I’m crying because, apart from the fact that he’s a fellow professional, it was an injury that I actually felt when it happened. I’ll never forget it – it was tough.

“Thanks to God, I didn’t need the help of a psychologist because my family were there for me, but it’s something that I never wanted to experience.

“In all of my naivety, I apologised to him, but it was totally unintentional. I didn’t want it to happen and didn’t think it would ever happen.”

James McCarthy is nearing a return to first-team football after he completed his first full 90 minutes with the U-23s in their Premier League 2 match at the end of October.