Hibernian forward Dean Shiels will undergo surgery to have an eye removed.
Hibernian forward Dean Shiels will undergo surgery to have an eye removed.
The 20-year-old has been blind in the eye since damaging it during a domestic accident when he was eight-years-old.
Now the Northern Ireland Under-21 international has revealed to the club's official website that he will have the eye taken out before resuming his career.
"Since the accident, I have had no sight at all in the eye despite several operations when I was younger.
"At that time it was always envisaged that there might come a time when the damaged eye might have to be removed.
"In the past few months, the condition of the eye has deteriorated and it has been causing me other problems such as severe headaches.
"I have had specialist advice, and after talking this over with my family I have taken the decision to have the eye removed now.
"While it is important that the fans understand the reason that I am not involved at the moment, I don't want people to make too big a deal of this.
"I will be very happy if I am just allowed to get on with the operation and then get back to playing football once I have fully recovered."
