Ajax’s Abdelhak Nouri suffers “severe and permanent brain damage”



Ajax midfielder, Abdelhak Nouri, has suffered “severe and permanent brain damage,” after collapsing during a pre-season friendly game in Austria on Saturday.

The Dutch club revealed on Thursday that, “it received very bad news regarding the condition of Abdelhak Nouri”, after doctors at a hospital in Innsbruck woke him from an induced coma.

“Ajax are deeply saddened by the news that Appie Nouri has been diagnosed with serious and permanent brain damage…”

“Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his loved ones in this difficult time,” Ajax said in a post on their official Twitter account.

The diagnosis comes two days after tests indicated that Nouri’s heart was undamaged, while a CT scan of his brain and neurological tests showed no irregularities either.

Ajax said on Tuesday that doctors were, “cautiously optimistic about his recovery.”

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