Overview
- According to his agent, he suffered second-degree burns over about 30% of his body, is conscious but sedated, and is not on respiratory support, with lung function reported to have improved.
- He was first treated in Sion before being transferred to a dedicated burns unit in Stuttgart, and his agent says a move to France is unlikely in the coming days.
- FC Metz says it is supporting the player and his family and will work with medical authorities to arrange repatriation when doctors judge it feasible.
- Captain Gauthier Hein and coach Stéphane Le Mignan voiced public support in a press conference, describing Dos Santos as exemplary and urging patience for medical updates.
- Dos Santos, a left-sided defender who captains Metz’s reserve side and was recently included in the senior matchday group, was injured in the New Year’s Eve fire at the Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana.