BVB's Waldemar Anton played through injury in January, Sky reports
Life at Borussia Dortmund has been far from plain sailing for Anton, who signed from VfB Stuttgart for a fee of €22.5 million euros last summer.
Former head coach Nuri Sahin saw the 28-year-old as a key figurehead in the heart of his defence until thigh problems and flu ruled the Uzbek-born German out of action for periods of the season.
What was not known however, is that Anton battled through the 2-1 defeat to Bologna in the UEFA Champions League and the 2-2 draw against Werder Bremen with a torn muscle fiber.
The centre-half played through the pain barrier on both occasions so as to not let the club or teammates down.
Anton scored an unfortunate own-goal against his former employers Stuttgart in February. The German international has since been out-of-favour under new boss Niko Kovac.
Perhaps a return to the starting lineup awaits in the not too distant future given his duel winning ratio of 66.5% leads the way at BVB, and ranks only second to Niklas Sule (94.19%) in pass accuracy with 93.65%.
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