July 12 – Ajax’s Abdelhak Nouri will be taken out of an induced coma after tests showed he suffered no heart or brain damage when he collapsed in a friendly in the Austrian Alps on Saturday.
The Dutch club says Nouri is in “a stable and not life threatening” condition, adding that doctors are “cautiously optimistic about his recovery.”
Ajax says Nouri’s heart is undamaged, while a CT scan of his brain and neurological tests have shown no irregularities so far.
The 20-year-old collapsed due to an irregular heartbeat and was taken to hospital by helicopter during a preseason friendly against Werder Bremen. The game was abandoned after the 70th-minute incident.
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