Burnley high scorer Lyle Foster is within the care of specialists after the recurrence of a psychological well being concern.
Foster, 23, first spoke about struggling with despair in July and has reached out to the membership once more for assist.
Clarets supervisor Vincent Kompany mentioned no timeframe has been placed on Foster’s return to the workforce.
Burnley mentioned: “Just lately, Lyle tell us that he continues to reside with points round his psychological wellbeing and has reached out for assist.”
The membership assertion was launched “on behalf of Lyle Foster and his household” to “share with you an replace on Lyle’s sickness”.
It added: “He’s at the moment within the care of specialists – giving him the assist and care he wants to assist him again to full well being.
“With the love and assist of his household and everybody at Burnley Soccer Membership, we’ll do all we will to supply all the things he must get higher.”
They requested individuals to “respect Lyle’s privateness”, including they “is not going to be making any extra remark till additional discover”.
Striker Foster has performed eight league and cup video games for Kompany’s aspect this season, scoring three targets and offering two assists, along with his final look coming within the 3-0 loss at Brentford on 21 October.
He has additionally performed 4 instances for his nationwide aspect this marketing campaign.
In an interview with South African radio station MSW earlier this yr, Foster spoke about his time at Belgian aspect Westerlo, the place he performed between August 2021 and January 2023.
“I used to be in my house all on my own. I realised I simply felt this large sense of loneliness,” he mentioned.
“I felt like I could not actually specific myself with all of my team-mates. It was much more troublesome to be round them and do issues footballers are imagined to do.
“I simply used to attempt to go to coaching, play video games and actually the perfect factor to do at the moment of my life was to return residence and sleep. There was no actual pleasure or wanting ahead to something.
“That is once I realised I used to be in some bother and I panicked a bit bit. I did not know what was occurring or the best way to take care of it as a result of it was the primary time I used to be ready like that.”
Psychological well being ‘not taboo’ any extra
Boss Kompany says talking up about psychological well being is “not a taboo” any extra and Foster was at “breaking level” earlier than reaching out for assist.
Chatting with the membership’s in-house media, Kompany mentioned: “We had been very lucky that Lyle had been very open with us. From that second we may act, as quickly as he mentioned it and confirmed indicators of how extreme it was for him.
“All the assist workforce throughout the membership mobilised and made certain he may deal with his personal restoration. In moments like this, we now have to place the human first.
“The place Lyle is fortunate is that he has an excellent community round him. He has a really wholesome supportive household and a membership and individuals who need to assist him – not only for the participant he’s, however for the individual he’s.
“We are going to present the perfect care on the planet attainable to get him over his psychological well being points. That’s not a taboo any extra, if individuals communicate up about it they do get assist.”
In accordance with the charity Thoughts, one in 4 individuals will expertise a psychological well being drawback of some sort annually in England.
However Skilled Footballers’ Affiliation (PFA) say that quantity will increase with skilled footballers, as greater than 75% have skilled some type of psychological well being concern.
Kompany added: “We’re in an surroundings in soccer which doesn’t essentially take that into consideration. Whenever you go on the market to compete and have the noise across the recreation, individuals find it irresistible and have an opinion, however the area isn’t designed to guard your psychological wellbeing.
“You do get uncovered to numerous issues and as part of it you’re going about issues in your personal manner.
“Assist for psychological wellbeing in England is at a really excessive normal. The nation and the league is on the forefront of what’s being executed to supply take care of individuals.
“We’re doing all the things we will to get him to a spot the place he enjoys what he’s doing and that’s taking part in soccer as quickly as attainable. At this second in time, he’s one in every of us and we now have to take care of our personal.”
