Spanish footballer Lucas Pérez, diagnosed with tuberculosis

The Spanish footballer Lucas Pérez (La Coruña, 36 years old) has been diagnosed with tuberculosis, according to Dutch media. This was announced on Monday his current club, the PSVthat in the afternoon he assured that one of his players had infected the disease and requested “respect and privacy for the affected. A few hours later, it was the newspaper ‘of Telegraaf’ who published that it was the Galician striker, who arrived at the entity on February 23 after separating from Deportivo.

According to several of these information, Pérez He has started a quarantine that will last at least three weeks, because tuberculosis is transmitted by air when one speaks or coughs, and it is not certain that he can dress again this season. In addition to the health of the attacker, the club of Eindhoven He fears that there may be an outbreak in the costumes and that more players have been infected.

The tuberculosis It is a disease that can cause cough, chest pain, fever or weight loss and, although in its day it was deadly, it is currently fought very successfully with antibiotics. There is also a fairly high percentage of patients who are asymptomatic, such as Pérez according to the Dutch media.

Lucas lives in Holland a new sports adventure in his strange race. The one of Monosos He arrived at the team almost a month ago, but his participation has been scarce. He has played only in three games and all as a substitute: in the semifinal of the KNVB Cup against the Go Ahead Eagles and in the Eredivisie, also against the Eagles, and against the RKC Waalwijk. In total, he has only played 24 minutes.

Before his arrival at the PSV and formed in the quarries of Alavés and Atlético de Madrid, Pérez has defended the colors of Rayo Vallecano, Karpaty Lvvv and Dinamo of kyiv (Ukraine), Paok de Salaónica (Greece), Deportivo de la Coruña three times (2014-2016, 2017-2018, 2022-2024), Arsenal and West Ham (England), Alavés, Elche and Cádiz.