English born Ghanaian defender Jordi Osei-Tutu has returned to parent club Arsenal from Championship side Cardiff City after suffering a season ending ankle ligament damage injury.

He enjoyed a promising loan spell at lower tier German side VFL Bochum last season before joining Championship side Cardiff at the beginning of the season.

Osei Tutu began his Cardiff spell at the start of the season with a bang as he made a run of seven starts from the Bluebirds' opening eight games of the season.

Yet a hamstring injury turned the campaign into a season of woe and frustration for the defender, who suffered a further setback in January that meant he missed six months of the season.

Osei-Tutu managed to return from his long lay-off to feature twice as a substitute in April, playing against Brentford and Wycombe, but he now faces another spell in rehab due to an injury.

With Cardiff set to finish their campaign this weekend, the latest setback has seen Osei-Tutu return to the Gunners.

The 22-year-old defender joined Arsenal as a scholar from Reading in summer 2015, and signed as a young professional later that year in October 2015 but is yet to make a first team appearance for the gunners.

Mick McCarthy revealed the 22-year-old fell victim to ankle ligament damage and has had to return to his parent club Arsenal for good, with just nine Bluebirds games under his belt.

"It's awful for him, it's really demoralising," McCarthy said of Osei-Tutu ahead of the Bluebirds' final fixture against Rotherham.

"And you almost get embarrassed if you keep getting injured, limping off training, it's soul-destroying for players, especially young players.

"I do feel for him because he is a terrific talent, he really is.

"The bits I've seen of him, I loved him."