[Dulwich. Sunday April 29. 06:02 BST.]
The phone went at two minutes past six.
"Rebecca."
"Daniel. Going to talk and you listen. Ask me anything you want when I'm done."
"All right."
"Not the hamstring. The hamstring is intact. The primary is the posterior cruciate of the right knee. Grade three. Clean tear through the middle of the ligament. The Cromwell radiologist had it on the first set of images and the on-call sports orthopaedic confirmed at half past one this morning when they brought him back in."
"Surgery."
"Tuesday. Ten. Mr. Khan at the Cromwell. He has been on the phone with Mateo at four. Mateo agreed before the rest of us got a vote."
"How long."
"Five to six months. He is twenty-four and in better shape than any patient Mr. Khan has had on the table in nine years. Training in October. Playing November."
"Lyon."
