Nicklas Bendtner – I thought my career was finished

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The Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner is currently on loan at Sunderland and he has had a hell of a lot of bad publicity since his arrival in the North-East, which hasn’t been tempered by him scoring loads of goals for the Black Cats.

But even Arsenal fans will have a soupcon of sympathy for Bendtner after his lates problem which came when he was kicked in the face during the League game against Swansea, and he was seriously worried that he would lose the sight in his eye.

He said: “It was not good and I feared the worst. If you can only use one eye, your career is finished.”

“I couldn’t see for five hours and had to be hospitalised overnight.

“It’s the first time that it has happened to me on a football pitch — something as really serious as that.

“I don’t mind getting kicked as that’s part and parcel of the game.

“You can get away with a broken nose, or broken jaw, but your eyes are the most important thing.

“And when I realised what had happened, my first thought was ‘Jeez. I’m blind’ “At first, I couldn’t open the eye. Eventually, when I could, all I could see was redness, so it was a real worry, wondering if that would go away.”

But thankfully he has recovered and made his comeback (with eye protection) in the local derby against Newcastle last weekend. And he even scored a rare goal albeit from the penalty spot.

3 thoughts on “Nicklas Bendtner – I thought my career was finished

  1. I cant stop feeling 4 Nicolas B.Thank GOD he has recovered,blindness is d worst disability anyone can have it calls 4 THANKSGIVING.

  2. not sure about blindness being the worst disability, but i always though he was partially sighted anyway.

    anyone who looks in the mirror and sees the greatest footballer in the wporld looking back at them must be partially sighted at least unless of course you are lionel messi or niklas bendtner apparantly

    1. It kind of explains why he was so afraid. It wouldn’t affect his game so much, but to miss the sight of the greatest player in the world every morning!
      Seriously, it’s good it didn’t happen, even if part of me likes this just because it would be somewhat immoral to criticize a disabled Bendtner.
      Who is a decent player, anyway.

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