Füllkrug jokes with reporter after being asked about toe injury: “There’s no mystery!”

There was a rather humorous exchange between a reporter and Niclas Füllkrug after he scored the winner against Lecce last night.

It has not been the easiest of times settling into Italy for Füllkrug. After impressing in his first couple of appearances off the bench, it looked like the striker was then facing a lengthy setback after sustaining a broken toe in the recent draw with Fiorentina.

The initial reports spoke of a month out, which then changed to around 10 days, before the German miraculously appeared on the bench for the next game against Como. Then, on the eve of the game against Lecce, it emerged that €500k of valuables had been stolen from his hotel room safe.

Füllkrug should be commended for putting all of that behind him as he popped up to score the winning goal on Sunday night, his first for the club. Afterwards, he spoke to reporters in the mixed zone about his toe.

Tell us about the mystery of your broken toe…

“There’s no mystery, it’s a broken toe. You just have to deal with the pain, you just have to deal with the situation. I’m German, so we are strong, we can deal with pain, so you just have to find solutions. We found some good solutions, and I can deal with that so it’s good. I don’t want to miss a game for AC Milan.”