BREAKING: Brighton issue Jan Paul van Hecke statement after horror collision led to emergency care

Brighton have confirmed that defender Jan Paul van Hecke has been discharged from hospital. Van Hecke, 24, needed oxygen and was put in a neck brace following a collision which happened late in his side's 4-2 loss away to Brentford on Saturday.

Having clashed in the air with Brentford's Yunus Konak, Van Hecke initially sat up but medical staff quickly laid him back down after noticing that there was a problem. While Konak was able to later walk off the pitch, Brighton's medical staff treated the Dutchman for nine minutes before he was stretchered off and replaced by January signing Eiran Cashin.

issued an update on Saturday night which read: "After being stretchered off at the end of today's game, Jan Paul van Hecke was taken to hospital as a precaution but has now been discharged and is on his way back to Brighton. Thank you to everyone who sent us your messages of concern and support for JP."

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Asked about the injury post-match, Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler told Sussex: "No, I can't say anything about that at the moment. All we can say is that we hope that he will be back on the pitch as soon as possible. Hopefully he will have a good recovery."

Van Hecke had started the match after serving a ban following his red card against earlier this month. The 24-year-old has made 35 appearances in all competitions and scored one goal.

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