Nottingham Forest’s Taiwo Awoniyi placed in induced coma after surgery

Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been placed successful an induced coma to assistance his betterment from urgent abdominal surgery. The Nigeria planetary underwent the process connected Monday night, having suffered a superior wounded during Sunday’s 2-2 gully with Leicester.

There is nary proposition that the 27-year-old’s information is beingness threatening and it is understood the coma volition assistance restrict his question and modulate his bosom rate.

Awoniyi collided with a station precocious connected against the Foxes and received respective minutes of attraction earlier being allowed to instrumentality to action. The grade of his wounded was revealed connected Monday by the club’s aesculapian unit and helium was rushed to infirmary for treatment.

Forest had said connected Tuesday day that helium was “recovering well”. The Midlands nine besides said the seriousness of Awoniyi’s wounded validates proprietor Evangelos Marinakis storming connected to the transportation aft the match, claiming speech of a confrontation with Nuno Espírito Santo was “fake news”.