Alan Hansen is ‘significantly unwell’ in hospital and former colleagues, team-mates and opponents of the Liverpool and Scotland defender turned pundit have despatched their ideas and prayers to the 69-year-old former centre-back.
Hansen, who broke into the sport with Partick Thistle, is extraordinarily well-known and beloved for his lengthy spells taking part in for Liverpool and serving as an analyst on Match of the Day.
An aesthetic ball-playing centre-back who gained quite a few trophies at Anfield, Hansen later carved out a status as one of many British soccer’s most clever and insightful pundits after he hung up his boots in 1991.
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Talking on BBC’s protection of Italy’s victory over Albania, Gary Lineker stated: “It has been a tricky week for everybody related to Match of the Day with the information that Alan Hansen is significantly unwell in hospital – shocked us all.
“To make use of an analogy of Alan’s favorite pastime, golf, you is perhaps three down with 4 to play – but when anybody can come again from it, it is Alan. I’ve by no means identified a extra aggressive particular person in my life. We’re all with you massive Al.”
Alan Shearer added: “We’re nice buddies with Al. We all know his character, we all know he is a fighter, we all know how robust he’s – so we’re considering of you massive man and we’re with you, we hope and praying.”
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Graeme Souness had paid tribute to Hansen on ITV previous to Scotland’s 5-1 defeat to Germany within the opening recreation of the match.
A former teammate of Hansen’s for Liverpool and Scotland, Souness stated: “I had the pleasure of taking part in with him, he was an absolute dream for a midfielder.
“He handed the ball on the proper weight on the proper angle on the proper time…ust an excellent footballer. I consider he was the perfect footballing centre-half ever.
“You’d have to look an extended lengthy technique to discover anybody who’s bought a foul phrase to say about him, and that takes some doing.
“His chat and banter had been prime class, and he was a pleasure to be round. He’s within the struggle of his life proper now, and we should always all say a bit of prayer to him.”
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