The friendly confrontation between Stoke City and Leicester has exposed Stoke captain Ryan Schockers to a serious injury that has alarmed followers across the media.

The player tried to control the ball and slid towards it, but his foot suffered a serious twist at the ankle level, and appeared in the picture as if separated from his leg.

The players gathered around their injured colleague, who asked for help quickly, before the medical teams rushed him to the hospital.

Looks very painful for Stoke's Ryan Shawcross here. The way his ankle twists. Gerry Taggart's reaction on commentary says it all #scfc pic.twitter.com/3oAuvuXQYy

- Mr Geoff Peters (@mrgeoffpeters) July 27, 2019

Stoke did not disclose further details of the injury, but the injury could keep the player away from the team next season.