Carl Ikeme: Wolves keeper diagnosed with acute leukaemia

Posted at8:49

You might have seen the news that Wolves and Nigeria goalkeeper Carl Ikeme is to begin chemotherapy after being diagnosed with acute leukaemia.

The Championship club say Ikeme, 31, returned "abnormal blood tests" during pre-season testing and further checks confirmed the diagnosis.

Ikeme has been with Wolves for his entire career, making more than 200 appearances for Wanderers.

Thirty-three of those came last season, having previously been in the team that won the League One title in 2013-14.

He has received plenty of support:

Brown Ideye (MON)

OfficialIdeye

Just woke up to see a very sad news about @Carl_Ikeme with God you can overcome everything, stay strong mate.

4:55 a.m. - 7 July 2017

Nottingham Forest FC

NFFC

Everyone at #NFFC sends their best wishes to @Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme in his battle against leukaemia. twitter.com/Wolves/status/…

7:38 p.m. - 6 July 2017

Jude

ighalojude

Get well soon bro @Carl_Ikeme we are praying for you 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

4:21 a.m. - 7 July 2017