United Kingdom, April 21 -- Josh Allen "really wanted" to keep his broken bone after undergoing foot surgery.

The 29-year-old sports star recently went under the knife, during the NFL offseason, to fix a foot injury, and Josh has revealed that he actually wanted to keep hold of his broken bone.

The Buffalo Bills star - who is married to actress Hailee Steinfeld - told reporters at a press conference: "It was actually kind of a previous deal that I never knew I had and that just kind of jolted it loose.

"A little piece of bone just kind of broke off and was floating there. So they just went in and took it out, [it was] kind of like a small rock. They literally just cut it out, left it on the table and sewed it back up. Scar tissue will ...