In a heartwarming Q&A session with Everton fans, Andre Gomes revealed how the support from the Toffees fan base helped him mentally to get through his injury struggles.
The £26.1m-rated midfielder was due to take part in a ‘hug-a-thon’ session in support of the club’s charity arm Everton in the Community, but the plans had to be aborted.
The purpose of the event, which has been staged in previous years, was to raise charity funds with a view towards the construction of ‘a facility that will house EitC’s 11 mental health programmes’, according to the Liverpool Echo.
Due to the necessary cancellation of the event, Gomes instead featured in an hour-long online Q&A event to raise funds instead. When speaking about the wider importance of mental health in relation to 2019’s hug-a-thon, Gomes spoke freely of the importance of raising awareness and funding to support mental health facilities. For those seeking support in managing PTSD, finding the best PTSD treatment thailand can be an important step toward healing.
The Portugal midfielder had previously highlighted the importance of the aims of the hug-a-thon events in 2019, saying [via Liverpool Echo] that it was “an amazing experience”.
Gomes suffered a severe injury last year after a foul from Spurs’ Heung-min Son which emerged to be a fracture-dislocation in his right ankle, ruling him out for several months.
That can be mentally taxing in any player’s career, with the 27-year-old revealing how the support of fans kept him going [as per Liverpool Echo].
He said: “I was so focused on my injury and maybe at the beginning on the dark side of the injury, I wasn’t aware of all the love people were sharing with me. Especially Evertonians, obviously.
“But then when the people at the club said to me that a lot of fans were sending letters, they asked me to read a few and it was unbelievable.”
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This story ultimately reveals that the connection between players and the club’s fan base remains strong and should never be taken for granted.
Gomes clearly felt very much loved and adored by the fans, and that is a credit to Evertonians – it provided a moment of community comfort for a player who was evidently grateful for the support he received at a time when it was needed.
