Hull City manager Marco Silva says Ryan Mason's head injury has put a different perspective on his challenge to keep the club in the Premier League.
Mason, 25, is currently making "excellent progress" in St Mary's Hospital in London after surgery on Sunday night to repair his fractured skull, sustained during Hull's 2-0 defeat at Chelsea earlier in the day.
The Tigers take a break from their top-flight survival battle on Thursday when they bid to overhaul a 2-0 deficit from the first leg of their EFL Cup semifinal against Manchester United.