Former Arsenal player Jeff Reine-Adelaide is reportedly stable following an apparent brain haemorrhage during a match for RWD Molenbeek.

LISBON, PORTUGAL: Jeff Reine-Adelaide of Olympique Lyonnais warms up prior to the UEFA Champions League Semi Final match between Olympique Lyonnais and Bayern Munich at Estadio Jose Alvalade on August 19, 2020. (Photo by Franck Fife/Pool via Getty Images)
LISBON, PORTUGAL: Jeff Reine-Adelaide, then of Olympique Lyonnais, warms up prior to the UEFA Champions League Semi Final match between Olympique Lyonnais and Bayern Munich at Estadio Jose Alvalade on August 19, 2020. (Photo by Franck Fife/Pool via Getty Images)

Ex-Arsenal academy star Jeff Reine-Adelaide currently plays for Jupiler Pro League side RWD Molenbeek, and during a match at the weekend against Charleroi he took a heavy blow to the face from a football.

Reine-Adelaide was knocked unconscious, with a lengthy stoppage as the player was rushed to hospital.

After the game, Molenbeek coach Yannick Ferreira said (via GFFN): “We think it might be a brain haemorrhage, but we can’t yet estimate the severity of the damage.

“We won’t see him back on the pitch this season but we hope his recovery goes well.”

Lyon French football midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide answers journalists' questions, on July 1, 2020 in Evian-les-Bains, during the Olympique Lyonnais football training camp. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)
Jeff Reine-Adelaide answers journalists’ questions, on July 1, 2020 in Evian-les-Bains, during the Olympique Lyonnais football training camp. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP)

But there was better news later on, with Reine-Adelaide taking to Instagram to confirm that there was “more fear than damage”.

GFFN report that medical tests appear to have ruled out any serious after effects, and the player was stable in hospital after being observed overnight.

Ferreira’s suggestion that Reine-Adelaide’s season is over is still likely accurate, given the final game of Molenbeek’s campaign is this Saturday, May 11th at 17:15 BST.

A serious blow to the head like this should lead to at least a couple of weeks out of action, so there’s no way the former Gunner should be back on the pitch this weekend.

BOREHAMWOOD, ENGLAND - JANUARY 23: Jeff Reine-Adelaide of Arsenal celebrates after scoring his sides fourth goal during the Premier League International Cup match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich at Meadow Park on January 23, 2018 in Borehamwood, England. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
BOREHAMWOOD, ENGLAND: Jeff Reine-Adelaide of Arsenal celebrates after scoring his sides fourth goal during the Premier League International Cup match between Arsenal and Bayern Munich at Meadow Park on January 23, 2018. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

Molenbeek will just have to try to avoid relegation without Reine-Adelaide, and they’ll be pleased just to see that he’s going okay.

With any luck, he’ll be back in action with Molenbeek in the Belgian first division next season.