Newcastle United goalkeeper Karl Darlow is recovering at home after he was hospitalised with Covid 19.
The Toon stopper contracted the virus around two weeks ago and became increasingly dehydrated, before he was taken into hospital, it has been reported.
'The last week has been pretty awful - but I'm slowly improving. This shows we still need to be very careful.' Darlow, 30, told Sky Sports.
Karl Darlow, pictured in training on July 15, contracted Covid in the last two weeks
Yesterday, manager Steve Bruce admitted his goalkeeper was struggling.