Raul Jimenez of Wolves was taken directly to the hospital on Sunday night after colliding with Arsenal center-back David Luiz, suffering a horrifying head injury.
Raul Jimenez of Wolves was taken directly to the hospital on Sunday night after colliding with Arsenal center-back David Luiz, suffering a horrifying head injury.
Three years after his older brother and former international teammate Jack passed away, Sir Bobby Charlton, a great of Manchester United and England, unfortunately passed away.
As a member of Matt Busby’s brilliant United team in the 1960s, Sir Bobby helped the team win three first division titles and the 1968 European Cup. Among the few athletes to escape the horrifying 1958 Munich plane tragedy, which took the lives of 23 people, was him.
After being treated on the pitch, Jimenez was brought off on a stretcher and given an oxygen mask.
Jimenez’s head fracture sustained in the collision with Luiz has been confirmed by Wolves.
On Monday morning, the club released the following statement: “After a procedure yesterday night in a London hospital, Raul is feeling fine.
“He is currently taking a nap after seeing his partner Daniela. He will start his recuperation in a few days while being closely monitored.
Jack and Bobby were notoriously tense even though they played together for many years and won the World Cup together in 1966. The reasons the two drifted so far apart were never fully resolved, however Bobby’s 2007 autobiography revealed that his wife Norma’s tense relationship with his mother Cassie was the catalyst for the rift.
Eleven years prior, Jack had chastised Bobby for neglecting to pay Cissie visits during her last years, implying that Bobby’s actions had been influenced by Norma. “My wife is a very strong character and does not suffer fools gladly,” Bobby replied in his book. I’m not saying my mum was an idiot.”
“There was a clash and it really just never went away,” he continued. Jack made some really shameful comments about my wife public in the tabloids. Asinine.” Bobby went on to declare that he and his brother had “never been further apart than we are now,” adding, “I just don’t want to know him.”
“I’ve never seen a better player than Bobby Charlton. He’s my brother,” Jack remarked to the cheers of the crowd and Bobby’s emotional head tilt. The protracted standoff ended when the two brothers gave each other a tender hug.
all seemed that was all, with neither brother doing interviews with the media or getting involved in any personal affairs. Ten years later, the two were reunited for the first time in a long time at Ray Wilson’s funeral. Wilson had played with them for England in 1966.
