Jimenez reveals doctors said it is a miracle he survived

Jimenez
made
his
return
to
Premier
League
action
in
Saturday’s
1-0
loss
to
Leicester
City
after
eight
months
out
following
the
sickening
accidental
collision
with
Arsenal’s
David
Luiz.

During
a
lengthy
on-field
delay,
the
Mexican
was
put
on
a
stretcher
and
given
an
oxygen
feed,
before
he
was
taken
to
hospital
for
emergency
surgery.

There
were
initial
fears
that
the
30-year-old
may
never
play
again
but
he
revealed
the
concerns
were
greater
than
that
when
he
fronted
the
media
on
Tuesday.

“With
the
skull
fracture,
the
bone
broke
and
there
was
a
little
bit
of
bleeding
inside
the
brain,”
Jimenez
said.
“It
was
pushing
my
brain
to
the
inside
and
that
is
why
the
surgery
had
to
be
quick.

“It
was
a
really
good
job
by
the
doctors.
The
skull
fracture
did
take
a
little
longer
to
heal
than
we
all
expected
but
it
is
a
miracle
to
be
here
with
you.”

He
added:
“Since
the
first
moment
they
told
me
what
happened
and
the
risks.
They
told
me
it
was
like
a
miracle
to
be
there.
Because
they
are
doctors
they
have
to
tell
you
the
truth
and
you
have
to
take
it.
Sometimes
this
is
not
what
you
want
to
hear
but
it’s
their
job.”

Esperé
casi
9
meses
por
este
momento,
para
volver
a
competir
y
hoy
estoy
de
vuelta.
Un
resultado
que
nos
deja
un
mal
sabor
de
boca

I
waited
almost
9
months
for
this
moment,
waited
to
compete
again
and
I’m
back.
Not
the
result
we
wanted
but
this
is
gonna
help
us
to
grow
as
a
team

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—
Raúl
Jiménez
(@Raul_Jimenez9)

August
14,
2021

The
Mexican
has
no
re-collection
of
the
incident
and
spent
10
days
in
hospital
after
the
emergency
surgery.

Jimenez
outlined
the
long
road
back
to
competitive
football,
having
resumed
training
with
team-mates
in
May,
insisting
he
always
felt
he
could
get
back.

“I
always
felt
it
was
maybe
like
an
ankle
injury
or
a
knee
injury
and
that
after
my
recovery,
I’ll
be
back
doing
what
I
love
to
do,”
the
former
Benfica
and
Atletico
Madrid
forward
said.

“I
never
thought
about
finishing
my
career
or
stopping
playing.
There
was
a
chance
of
that
but
I
was
always
confident
I
was
going
to
return.”

Jimenez
has
been
a
sensation
for
Wolves
since
their
promotion
to
the
Premier
League,
netting
30
top-flight
goals
across
his
first
two
full
seasons
at
the
club.

He
had
scored
four
goals
in
2020-21
prior
to
his
injury
at
Emirates
Stadium,
with
Jimenez’s
absence
dealing
a
big
blow
to
Wolves
last
term.