Lille midfielder Angel Gomes has taken to social media to reassure fans that he is fine after being hospitalised following a head injury during Saturday's Ligue 1 match against Stade de Reims.
Gomes, 23, was treated on the pitch for more than 30 minutes after colliding with Reims midfielder Amadou Koné in the 11th minute. Gomes was carried off on a stretcher as fans of both clubs chanted the former Manchester United player's name.
Gomes took to Instagram to post a video thanking the medical staff at the football club and hospital, telling his followers he had returned home after undergoing tests at the facility.
“Just a message to let everyone know I'm okay!” Gomes wrote as a caption. “The support has been overwhelming and I just thank God that everything is okay, love and blessings!
“PS: Remind me not to jump so I don't get headbutted anymore.”
Lille club president Olivier Létang told French outlet L'Equipe on Sunday that the test results from Gomes' hospital visit were “reassuring” and the player only needed a stitch on his lip.
Gomes' Lille teammate Tiago Santos also took to social media to criticise the time it took for the emergency team to attend to Gomes after the incident.
“Some players and I are very upset with the situation,” Santos wrote on Instagram. “The amount of time Angel spent on the ground waiting for the emergency team and the ambulance to arrive is unacceptable. I think something needs to be done to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again.”
