Inter Miami’s Nick Marsman hospitalized for spider bite

Soccer

By Dhani Joseph

June 22, 2023 | 12:09am

An MLS goalie’s trip to the local zoo ended with him in the hospital.

Inter Miami goalkeeper Nick Marsman — who will be a teammate of Lionel Messi later in the year — was bitten by a spider on a family trip to the zoo, which landed him in the hospital for three days, according to a series of Instagram posts by Marman’s wife, Nathalie den Dekker, TMZ reported.

“The downside of living in a tropical climate is if you go to the zoo and get bitten by a poisonous spider… end up being hospitalized for three days,” den Dekker said in one of her posts, according to TMZ.

Den Dekker, a former Miss Netherlands, also posted a picture of the couple’s daughter hugging the goalkeeper while in the hospital with the caption, “Happy to have you back home, now get well soon,” TMZ reported.

Marsman’s time table for a return to the pitch is unclear.