Kevin McDonald is set for a special family affair on Saturday when his brother comes to watch him at Exeter for the first time since donating him a kidney.
Ex-Premier League star McDonald had been playing with IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease, since he was 18. His condition eventually deteriorated so much it left him with only one working kidney, which was functioning at just 10 per cent.
The former Scotland and Fulham midfielder needed a vital transplant in May 2021 from his older brother Fraser to potentially save not just his career but his life. It has paid off after McDonald recovered and signed for Dundee United in January 2022 where he played 11 times before moving to League One Exeter this January.
