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Zola's shock over player stabbing | |
(about 16 hours later) | |
A football manager has spoken of his shock to discover one of his players had been stabbed in both legs. | |
Calum Davenport, 26, and his mother Kim, 49, are both stable in hospital in Bedford after an attack at their home in Springfield Avenue, Kempston. | |
Hammers boss Gianfranco Zola said: "We're very sorry about what happened. It's a terrible story." | |
A 25-year-old man was arrested in Derby on suspicion of attempted murder and is being questioned in Bedford. | |
Mr Zola was speaking after a match between West Ham and the player's former club Tottenham Hotspur. | |
"We can't imagine what he has been through in these moments," he said. | |
"The doctor told me that the situation is stable, he is okay. | |
"The situation will be clearer in the next few days. Now it's important that he's all right." | |
West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola was shocked | |
Spurs manager Harry Redknapp, the player's boss at Southampton earlier in his career, said: "I know Calum. I had him on loan - a lovely lad, inoffensive and it's really sad to see what's happened to him and his mum. | |
"Hopefully they'll pull through and be okay. You couldn't meet a brighter, more laid-back lad than him." | |
The footballer, who was a multi-million pound signing and an England Under-21 international, underwent emergency surgery on Saturday morning. | |
Neither his nor his mother's injuries were thought to be life-threatening but both remained at Bedford Hospital. | |
A spokeswoman for the force said a 19-year-old man also arrested soon after the incident remained in custody at the town's Greyfriars police station. | |
"He was arrested on suspicion of being involved in causing grievous bodily harm," she said. |