Rabat - Hundreds of Ajax football fans have paid tribute to Moroccan-Dutch midfielder, Abdelhak Nouri, who collapsed during a pre-season friendly match on July 8 in Austria.
Rabat – Hundreds of Ajax football fans have paid tribute to Moroccan-Dutch midfielder, Abdelhak Nouri, who collapsed during a pre-season friendly match on July 8 in Austria.
Nouri’s collapse was discovered to have been caused by heart rhythm problems, which have left him with permanent injury to his brain.
#StayStrongAppie ?? pic.twitter.com/1OZV2uonVs
— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) 14 juillet 2017
Taking to twitter, FC Ajax posted a video from outside the Nouri family home, where a wave of Ajax fans gathered together to express their sympathy to his [Nouri] family.
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— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) 14 juillet 2017
The footballer’s teammates were in attendance as well. Ajax CEO, Edwin Van der Sar, described the 20-year old footballer as a “great talent.”
“We feel enormously for his parents, siblings and other relatives,” he said, adding that “The blow is also difficult for Ajax.”
Several international footballers have also expressed their grief over the accident and shown sympathy for Nouri’s family, including Ruud van Nistelroy, former Real Madrid striker and Robin van Persie, a Dutch international footballer.
Devastating news about Abdelhak Nouri. I wish him and his family all the strength in the world #StayStrongAppie ????? pic.twitter.com/0cSRFtEyzJ
— Robin van Persie (@Persie_Official) 13 juillet 2017
What a terrible news.. My thoughts and prayers go out to Abdelhak Nouri, his family, his friends and to Afc Ajax.
? pic.twitter.com/flEI9xzZqo— Ruud van Nistelrooy (@RvN1776) 13 juillet 2017
