Newcastle United's Karl Darlow has urged footballers to "go and get the jab" after recovering from a serious bout of Covid-19.
The goalkeeper spent three days on a hospital drip and was "severely worried" after catching the virus before he was due to have his first vaccine in July.
Having only just returned to full fitness after "awful fatigue" and losing five kilos, Darlow told the BBC his ordeal had convinced "a couple" of his team-mates to get immunised.
But speaking on The Sports Desk podcast, Darlow added that "four or five" other Newcastle players remain unvaccinated "for hopefully genuine reasons.