{"id":292050,"date":"2023-09-25T20:50:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=292050"},"modified":"2023-09-25T20:50:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T20:50:07","slug":"i-survived-two-cardiac-arrests-in-training-now-im-the-player-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/soccer\/i-survived-two-cardiac-arrests-in-training-now-im-the-player-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I survived two cardiac arrests in training \u2013 now I’m the Player of the Month’"},"content":{"rendered":"
It wasn't too long ago when scoring goals was the last thing on Charlie Wyke's mind – the Wigan striker was left fighting for his life after suffering a heart attack.<\/p>\n
In November 2021, Wyke turned up for a normal training session, but it ended with him being rushed to hospital. Latics boss Leam Richardson's quick-thinking helped save his life – and Richardson performed CPR on the striker.<\/p>\n
After multiple heart surgeries, Wyke returned to training, only to suffer another heart attack in April 2022. However, Wyke, with the help of Richardson, never game up on his return.<\/p>\n
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Sky Sports is bringing you 500 live football games to watch, as well access to Cricket, Golf, F1, Boxing, NFL, NBA and more across eight<\/span> dedicated channels. Sky Sports is the <\/span>only way to watch all the action this year.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a322 a month<\/p>\n But when Richardson was sacked in November 2022, and Wyke injured his knee, the striker began to question his future in football. Speaking to The Sun, Wyke said: "Losing Leam and then doing my knee – it felt like it just wasn\u2019t meant to be. <\/p>\n "My body couldn\u2019t handle it any more. I was overweight – up to 90 kilos – my knee wasn\u2019t right, my head wasn\u2019t right and I was thinking, \u2018I don\u2019t want to do this any more\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n What do you think of Charlie Wyke's return to football? Let us know in the comments section<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n However, on the opening day of the season, Wigan beat Derby 2-1 – with two both goals from Wyke. That game changed everything, and Wyke added: \u201cI can\u2019t explain the relief I felt when we kicked off with a 2-1 win at Derby and I scored both goals.<\/p>\n \u201cExcept to say that, for what felt like the first time in forever, I finally felt normal again.\u201d<\/p>\n Wyke's performances continued to sky rocket, and at the end of August, he was presented with the Sky Bet League One Player of the Month award. He said: "I\u2019m delighted to win the award and personal accolades are always nice but I can\u2019t win this without the help of my teammates and the Gaffer!"<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It's been a long road to recovery for Wyke, but football is back on his mind again.<\/p>\n Wyke is currently second in the League One goalscorer charts, with six goals in eight games, and he's only trailing Barnsley's Devante Cole – who was nine.<\/p>\n
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