Bristol City defender Brooke Aspin has revealed she’s been treated for sepsis and a bone infection having spent three weeks in hospital at the end of the summer, preventing her from starting the 2022/23 season with the Robins.
City confirmed on September 6 that the England Under-17 captain had been admitted to hospital with an undisclosed infection, and in an Instagram post on Friday, the teenager opened up on the health problems she’s been battling. Sepsis is a life-threatening illness that occurs when the body reacts to an infection and damages tissue.
Aspin, a product of the Robins academy, was one of City’s key players last season, making 26 appearances as they finished third in the Championship and had been linked with a summer move to the WSL with five top-flight clubs reportedly chasing her signature.
