Cech warned rushed return 'could be fatal'

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been warned a return to action too soon after an operation on his fractured skull could prove fatal.

Cech warned rushed return 'could be fatal'

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been warned a return to action too soon after an operation on his fractured skull could prove fatal.

The stark warning comes from Peter Hamlyn, consultant neurosurgeon and director for centre of sports and exercise medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, writing in the Daily Telegraph.

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