Sweden midfielder Kristoffer Olsson, hospitalized for 2 weeks with an acute mind situation, is in a steady situation in intensive care, his Danish membership FC Midtjylland mentioned on Thursday.
Doctors will slowly take him off a ventilator, the membership mentioned in an announcement.
Olsson “has been affected by several small blood clots on both sides of the brain, as a result of an extremely rare inflammatory condition in the vessels of the brain,” the assertion mentioned.
Doctors “experience that Kristoffer is at an increasing level of consciousness,” the membership added.
The 28-year-old Olsson misplaced consciousness at residence on February 20 and was transferred to Aarhus University Hospital.
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Earlier, the membership mentioned the acute illness was not attributable to self-harm nor exterior components and was “forced” to launch details about Olsson due to “increasing rumours” about his absence from the staff.
Olsson has performed 47 occasions for Sweden, most just lately in opposition to Estonia in November. He joined Midtjylland in 2022 for a second spell, having beforehand performed for Anderlecht in Belgium, Krasnodar in Russia, AIK in Sweden and within the youth groups at English membership Arsenal.