'I could have died' - Brighton's Goldsonpublished at 11:38 British Summer Time 17 July 2017
Brighton defender Connor Goldson says he could have died on a football pitch had he not undergone heart surgery. The 24-year-old has not played competitively since January after the discovery of a swollen aorta left him fearing for his career.
Goldson made his Brighton comeback in a friendly with German side Fortuna Dusseldorf in Austria last week and is now preparing for life in the Premier League following the Seagulls' promotion.
"I could have carried on playing and it could have carried on growing and maybe nothing would have happened," he told The Argus. , external
"But if something did happen you wouldn't be able to tell what was going on and it would have been death straight away on a football pitch, no chance of resuscitation or anything."