This Tuesday the Athletic Club of Bilbao has informed that his defence, that found concentrated to contest the European sub 20 with Spain, Yeray Álvarez has recaído in his illness and will have to subject to chemotherapy. It has detected him an anomaly after having been operated the past month of December by a testicular tumor.

The young defender, informs the Athletic, had "the last of the planned controls inside the active surveillance of the evolution of the testicular tumor that detected him and took part in December of 2016". A control radiológico by means of which has been able to know his current state.

With this "has detected an anomaly (adenopathy) that it has to be treated". By all this, announce, "in the next days the player will begin a complementary treatment (chemotherapy) indicated by the specialists".

Yeray Leaves the European sub 20

When knowing the news, the defender had to abandon the Spanish expedition that will struggle for doing with the European sub 21. The Basques ensured that the drop of the defender, according to specialist, "will be of, roughly, three months".

"To the equal that did in the moment to know his illness, andl Athletic Club puts to disposal of Yeray Álvarez" and, to his time, asks "respect and discretion for with the privacy of the player and his gathered". From FCBN want to do him arrive to the central all our support in his fight against this illness and that we can go back to see it, what before, on the terrains of game.