Togo footballer Samuel Asamoah at risk of paralysis after breaking neck

Asamoah broke his cervix successful a freak mishap arsenic helium collided with an advertizing committee during a nine crippled successful China.

Togolese planetary footballer Samuel Asamoah broke his cervix aft colliding with a pitch-side advertizing committee during a home fixture successful China, his nine says, fearing helium whitethorn beryllium near paralysed.

Video footage shows the 31-year-old being shoved by an hostile during a lucifer connected Sunday successful China’s second-tier League One arsenic they jostle for the ball, ploughing head-first into an LED advertizing panel.

The midfielder’s club, Guangxi Pingguo, said Asamoah suffered fractures successful his cervix and nervus damage, and subsequently underwent surgery.

“He is astatine hazard of high-level paraplegia and volition miss each remaining games this season. His vocation whitethorn besides beryllium earnestly affected,” the nine said connected Monday.

On Wednesday, the nine said Asamoah was recovering from country and was successful unchangeable condition.

“Guangxi Pingguo FC sincerely acknowledgment each fans and each walks of beingness for their interest and enactment for Samuel Asamoah,” the squad said.

“His betterment advancement volition beryllium announced successful owed people aft follow-up examinations.”

Asamoah spent astir of his vocation successful Belgium earlier moving to China past year.

He has played six times for Togo.

Citing Chinese shot authorities, state-backed outlet The Paper said the advertizing show was positioned 3 metres (10ft) from the tract successful enactment with planetary standards.

The absorption player, Chongqing Tonglianglong midfielder Zhang Zhixiong, was fixed a yellowish paper pursuing the incident.