England’s one footballer in Russia avoided conflict after Chelsea cut short loan

The only English footballer playing out in Russia was recalled by Chelsea just before Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

Youngster Tino Anjorin spent the first part of the season on loan at Lokomotiv Moscow before suffering a foot injury in November.

Although the 20-year-old midfielder wasn’t recalled straight away after sustaining the injury, he played his last game for the capital club in October.

He made 14 appearances in total for Lokomotiv – who lost sports and development manager Ralf Rangnick to Manchester United in November – scoring once in the Europa League against Marseille.

Anjorin returned to Stamford Bridge on Deadline Day, just 24 days before nutjob Vladimir Putin unleashed tyranny on neighbouring Ukraine.

The England youth international was immediately loaned out to Championship side Huddersfield Town, but he didn't join up with the Terriers straight away.

He initially remained in west London working with Chelsea’s medical staff as he continued his recovery from a broken metatarsal.

Anjorin joined up with Carlos Corberan’s side in mid-February to complete the final stages of his rehabilitation and help Town’s promotion push.

Corberan offered this update towards the end of last month: "Next week Tino is going to start training normally with the group and this is another bit of fantastic news, because for me the more players we add now to the squad, the more strong we can be to face every single game."

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The Poole-born star made his long-awaited debut for Huddersfield in a 3-0 win against Peterborough last Friday, coming on as a 71st-minute sub.

He followed that up with another appearance off the bench as the Terriers were knocked out of the FA Cup by Nottingham Forest on Monday night.

Anjorin came on as a 79th-minute substitute but was unable to help Huddersfield find an equaliser that would have sent the game to extra-time as they lost 2-1.

The club’s focus will now be on maintaining their good form in the Championship, where they are second in the table behind runaway leaders Fulham.

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