Premier League club Burnley announced South Africa’s Lyle Foster is under a specialist’s care for mental health issues as the player himself asked the club for help in order to slove the problem he is going through.
The 23-year old did not play a signle game with the Clarets since October 21 and the 0-3 loss to Brentford in the league.
Burnley have played three games so far across all competitions and lost all of them.
But Foster is not injured as the club revealed the reason behind the absence of the one who has 3 goals and 2 assists in 8 appearances this season.
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“On behalf of Lyle Foster and his family, they have asked us to share with you an update on Lyle’s illness”, a statement of the Clarets reads.
“Recently, Lyle let us know that he continues to live with issues around his mental wellbeing and has reached out for help.
“He is currently in the care of specialists – giving him the support and care he needs to help him back to full health.
“With the love and support of his family and everyone at Burnley Football Club we will do all we can to provide everything he needs to get better.
“We ask for your understanding and respect Lyle’s privacy around this matter and will not be making any more comment until further notice.”
Burnley coach Vincent Kompany said : “Lyle’s been having issues with his mental wellbeing and, as a club, we’ve very quickly and naturally made the decision to fully support him and his family.
“We’re obviously offering him access to all the expertise and clinical support that he needs.
“We are wishing him a speedy recovery and to be in a better place by the time he is ready to come back to us.
“We were very fortunate that Lyle had been very open with us and we were able to act as soon as he showed signs of how severe it was for him.
“Straight away, the entire support team in the club mobilised and made sure he could focus on his own recovery.
“In moments like this, you have to put the human first.”