Siem de Jong tweets fitness update after horror eye injury

Siem de Jong has revealed he is still not allowed to train after suffering a serious eye injury last week.

The Newcastle United forward damaged his eye in training in an incident that left the player fearing for his sight.

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Siem de Jong

And he tweeted today that he hasn’t returned to first-team training yet, but has a hospital appointment on Friday where he will get his eye checked out.

The Dutchman has suffered an awful run of injuries since arriving from Ajax in 2014 in a £6million deal.

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