Ex-Manchester United defender Daley Blind collapses during Ajax pre-season friendly
Former Manchester United defender Daley Blind suffered another health scare on Tuesday night after he collapsed during Ajax’s friendly against Hertha Berlin.
Blind, 30, was diagnosed with heart muscle inflammation in December after feeling dizzy in a Champions League game with Valencia.
That resulted in the Holland international having to have an ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator), before returning to action in February.
This purpose of this mechanism is to regulate any abnormal heart rhythms; thus preventing a potential cardiac arrest.
A club statement read: "Daley Blind collapsed and was taken off during the Ajax-Hertha match. The central defender feels good under the circumstances and was at Sportpark De Toekomst on Wednesday morning.
"He will be examined further and await the results of these tests before resuming training."
Speaking after the game, Ajax boss Erik Ten Hag said Blind was feeling 'okay' following the incident, which saw him slump to the ground towards the closing stages of their 1-0 victory.
Ten Hag said to Dutch TV station Ziggo Sport: "Daley Blind's ICD went off. He got subbed off straight away and he is feeling okay now, he is feeling fine. We will do research about this now."
Ajax's Dutch Eredivisie season gets under way on September 13, but Blind's participation is in doubt following the latest scare.