Reuben

Musculoskeletal radiologist #GGMU

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@TMfutbal Delete this. dont taint that legend’s career anymore. Wc is long over.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@nasimm37 💯 that disallowed goal was absolutely pathetic. But in the end it just wasn’t enough.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

Some referee decisions are not even surprising anymore. Salah was smiling with each tackle, no point complaining. Who needs trump when u have infantino backing you. #worldcup #Egypt_vs_Argentina_Injustice

[FTBL_Planet @FTBL_Planet]

When Carl Ikeme returned to Wolves for pre-season in the summer of 2017, he was preparing for another year as their first-choice goalkeeper.

He had been at the club since he was 14.

Nuno Espírito Santo had just arrived as manager, and Ikeme had spent most of the summer working in the gym so he would be ready when training started.

The first sign that something was wrong came from a routine blood test.

His platelet count was low, but the doctors initially thought it might be a viral infection.

A few days later, Ikeme finished a hard session on the pitch and another 45 minutes in the gym.

He developed a nosebleed and mentioned that he had been suffering from headaches during training.

More tests followed.

Ikeme had finished the first week of pre-season and gone out to buy paint for his house when the Wolves doctor phoned him.

The doctor started talking about Stiliyan Petrov and Geoff Thomas, two footballers who had been treated for leukaemia.

Ikeme understood what he was being told before the words had properly come out.

“I knew what it was.”

“I was devastated.”

His wife Saba was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the following week.

Ikeme tried to tell her over the phone but could not get the words out.

When he returned home, he told her he had acute leukaemia.

“I’ve never seen her cry the way she cried.”

Ten days after Wolves announced the diagnosis, their daughter Maya was born.

Ikeme was already in hospital receiving treatment.

He watched through FaceTime until the call suddenly cut off.

Twenty minutes later, he was told he had become a father for the second time.

“It was crazy to think that you’re not there for the birth of your child.”

“But I had a pretty good reason.”

Ikeme spent the next 11 months in Manchester undergoing intense chemotherapy.

He returned home for short periods, including Christmas Day, but most of the season was spent inside the hospital.

Wolves made sure he never felt removed from the club.

They arranged a live stream beside his hospital bed so he could watch every match.

Nuno regularly called to ask how the treatment was going.

He also wanted Ikeme’s opinion on how the team had played.

While Ikeme was fighting leukaemia, Wolves were moving towards one of their best seasons in years.

They won the Championship and returned to the Premier League.

Ikeme had been their number one for the previous five seasons.

Now he was watching the promotion from his hospital room, sometimes getting worked up over the matches while nobody else was there.

“I’d love to have been part of the season going up.”

“But my journey was just different and that’s fine.”

The supporters carried his name through the season.

A Carl Ikeme banner appeared at every match.

Players and goalkeepers from around the world sent messages, and money was raised for Cure Leukaemia in his name.

Ikeme eventually set himself one target.

He wanted to be home in time for his eldest daughter Mila’s fifth birthday.

In June 2018, he was told he was in complete remission and allowed to return to his family.

But the treatment had taken too much from his body for him to risk playing professional football again.

The doctor advised him to retire at 32.

“I want to be here for my children, family and friends.”

“With your life in danger, it’s the minimum price I have to pay to spend the rest of my time with my family.”

Ikeme told Wolves his career was over.

The club still had one more thing they wanted to do for him.

His existing contract was due to be honoured.

But after promotion, the Wolves players were entitled to improved Premier League terms.

Ikeme had not played a single match during the promotion season and would never play for the club again.

Wolves gave him the improved contract anyway.

“I was taken aback by that.”

“It was an incredible gesture.”

“The club helped me in ways they didn’t need to.”

“I’m proud this is my club.”

“And it always will be.”
#football

[Mike @BlueCFM_]

Es el video más satisfactorio que vi en mi vida

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@AwayDaysFB The Racists can’t use that sign. Doesn’t work like that 😂

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@AwayDaysFB if it had worked tho. Madness🔥

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@nasimm37 Hmm, still loving the game I hope. Was that rigged?

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

Ok maybe they deserve to win this one.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@nasimm37 Nah. The gig is out now. They made it too obvious. It’s very sad, coz it’s undermining Messi’s hard work over the last 2 world cups.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@nasimm37 Sure. Obviously fun when your team is on the winning side with some “luck”.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@nasimm37 Well..

[superninio @super_ninio]

"bueno, ya contra Inglaterra en semis no creo que se atrevan a ayudar tan descaradamente a Argentina"

Beckham a la puta calle tras recibir codazo y presión por hacerle una zancadilla a Simeone:

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@robaboian_ 😂😂 cry more

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

Gabriel Magalhães after penalty miss. ❤️‍🩹

[Danis @DanisMCFC]

Well well well…
PGMOL title.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@BBCSport Pundits😂😂😂

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

@nasimm37 Yea being a united biased pundit and saying positive stuff gets you absolutely no clicks or audience.

[Reuben @reubenvvs]

There is an ex Brighton player as commentator for the united - Brighton match. They aren’t even trying to keep it unbiased? #ggmu

[Premier League @premierleague]

In a league of his own.

Bruno Fernandes breaks the record for the most assists in a Premier League season!