Taylor Twellman, the United States international whose career was cut short by concussions, has demanded change to the way football deals with head injuries after labelling Tottenham’s handling of Jan Vertonghen “disgusting” and “pathetic”. Taylor Twellman, the United States international whose career was cut short by concussions, has demanded change to the way football deals with head injuries after labelling Tottenham’s handling of Jan Vertonghen “disgusting” and “pathetic”. “Protocol is just a bunch of words on paper,” Twellman told Press Association Sport. Everyone should keep this handy when you see the buzzwords but my question is how do you do all of this when someone has blood coming out their nose?! pic.twitter.com/sX4ettCjvm — Taylor Twellman (@TaylorTwellman) May 1, 2019Twellman says that three neurologists messaged him during the game to say that “they would have heavily endorsed” Vertonghen coming off given what they saw following the collision with Toby Alderweireld.

Source: Irish Independent May 01, 2019 10:30 UTC