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Ex-Arsenal youth star leaves his club after being diagnosed with rare brain condition at just 29

Sweden midfielder Kristoffer Olsson has mutually agreed to terminate his contract with FC Midtjylland, a little more than a year after being diagnosed with an acute brain condition.

The 29-year-old Olsson, who graduated from the Arsenal academy in 2013, has been rehabilitating after losing consciousness at his home on February 20 last year and being diagnosed with several small blood clots in the brain as a result of an extremely rare blood-vessel inflammation.

Midtjylland said the midfielder is returning to Norrkoping in Sweden, where he will be close to his family and he can 'pursue the ambition of returning to life as a footballer.