Premier League: BBC: Ex-Unioner Awoniyi awakened after emergency surgery from coma

According to the English BBC, the former Bundesliga striker Taiwo Awoniyi woke up from the artificial coma on Wednesday evening. In this, the 27-year-old was moved by Nottingham Forest after an emergency operation due to an abdominal injury. According to the BBC, Awoniyi is said to have suffered an intestinal tear.

On Monday evening, the Nigerian soccer player, who was sold by 1st FC Union Berlin in 2022 for around 20 million euros to Nottingham, was operated on and then transferred to the artificial coma. This should restrict its freedom of movement and regulate the heart rate.

According to the BBC, the wound is said to have been closed on Wednesday and Awoniyi was then brought back from a coma during the evening. A life -threatening state did not exist, it said.

Awoniyi Club: Health must always be the top priority

Awoniyi crashed into the ball last Sunday in the final phase of the home game of the English football team against Leicester City (2-2) when he tried to get the ball. After a medical examination on the square, he had – obviously under severe pain.

The Premier League Club announced on Tuesday that Awoniyi recovered well from the intervention. In addition, the association announced that it was “frustrated because the medical team should never have allowed the player to continue”. The incident will be examined. The severity of the injury is an urgent memory of the physical risks of football and why the health and well -being of a player must always come first.

Due to Awoniyi’s injury, there was a dispute between club owner Evangelos Marinakis and Forest coach Nuno Espirito Santo immediately after the end of the game. Marinakis was stormed on the lawn and had vigorously confronted the coach. The club announced that Marinakis only reacted so emotionally out of concern for the player.