Jesús Owono wants to speak with Jesús de Miguel’s family. The 25-year-old Andorra goalkeeper has told his club he is willing to reach the family of the Tenerife forward he collided with almost two weeks ago through any of three channels: a letter, a phone call, or a trip to the family’s home in Toledo.

The family’s answer, relayed through CD Tenerife, is that it is too soon. According to beIN Sports, Tenerife has asked Andorra to respect the family’s grieving process, and no date has been set for any form of contact.

Owono’s first instinct, the morning after the accident, was to call the family at once and even attend the funeral. He was advised to wait.

What happened on 2 November

The collision came in added time of Monday’s Segunda División match between CD Tenerife and FC Andorra, which was level at 2-2 and then suspended. De Miguel, challenging for a ball near midfield, was struck in the chest as Owono rushed several metres out of his goal.

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The striker suffered cardiac arrest on the pitch. His pulse was briefly restored in the ambulance, but his condition deteriorated at hospital and he died at 8 a.m. the following morning, 3 November. He was 30 and had joined Tenerife in 2025 after making his professional debut a decade earlier with Leganés B.

Owono was shown a straight red card. Spain’s National Police opened proceedings for possible involuntary manslaughter, a step extremely unlikely to lead to formal charges.

‘The hardest days of my life’

Owono has not returned to training and remains at home with his mother, his partner and his FC Andorra teammates, receiving psychological and medical support.

In a short statement after De Miguel’s death, the Equatorial Guinea international said these were “the hardest days of my life” and spoke of immense pain over the loss, Al Jazeera reported. Teammate Lautaro Spatz wrote on Instagram that Owono was “deeply affected” by what had happened and would never have set out to harm anyone. Gerard Piqué has stayed in close touch with Owono, beIN Sports reports.

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Manso: give him space

Head coach Carles Manso has said FC Andorra will give Owono as much time as he needs, including on whether he returns to football at all.

“Obviously, he is struggling with everything that has happened. It is a tragedy and in no way did he intend that to be the outcome,” Manso told reporters.

“We will give him the space to feel totally free to make any decision about wanting to return, and when, or not wanting to return.”

Owono will not be in FC Andorra’s squad for their next Segunda División fixture against Almería.

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