MacDonald offers thanks for support

HULL CITY’S former Torquay United defender Angus MacDonald has thanked the “football family” for their support, after he was diagnosed with the early stages of bowel cancer earlier this month.

The 26-year-old had only recently returned to full training, having been on the sidelines for almost a year due to deep vein thrombosis.

MacDonald has revealed he will undergo an operation in a fortnight, before which time he intends to go travelling. He wrote on his social media accounts: “Thank you football family – I’m absolutely overwhelmed by the support that has come my way this past week.

“Literally thousands of messages which I’m taking time reading through today and it really has given me a huge boost. “I’ve got a couple of weeks until my first operation, so I’m going to enjoy some time travelling and soak up as much positivity as I possibly can.”

The Tigers’ manager, Grant McCann, said yesterday: “We’re all gutted for Angus. He has shown a real strength of character to deal with it and we send our best wishes to him.

“Angus will take a break from football, and when he comes back from some time abroad the operation starts. We’ll be supporting him all the way.”

MacDonald (pictured below), who last appeared for Hull in April, 2018, was bought from Barnsley for an undisclosed fee in January, 2018, but has made only 13 League appearances for the Championship club. Barnsley signed him from Torquay for an undisclosed fee in 2016.