{"id":188587,"date":"2024-06-10T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/10\/liverpool-confirm-club-legend-seriously-ill-in-hospital\/"},"modified":"2024-06-10T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T11:55:16","slug":"liverpool-confirm-club-legend-seriously-ill-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/10\/liverpool-confirm-club-legend-seriously-ill-in-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool confirm club legend \u2018seriously ill in hospital\u2019 \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Liverpool have confirmed that club legend Alan Hansen is \u2018seriously ill in hospital\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A statement released by the Premier League club read: \u201cThe thoughts and support of everyone at Liverpool FC are with our legendary former captain Alan Hansen, who is currently seriously ill in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club is currently in contact with Alan\u2019s family to provide our support at this difficult time, and our thoughts, wishes and hopes are with Alan and all of the Hansen family. We will provide any further updates as we receive them in due course, and we request that the Hansen family\u2019s privacy is respected at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Scottish defender moved to Liverpool in 1977 and spent a successful 14 years at Anfield until his retirement in 1991.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01hzyytwvem9hemrac95.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness\" title=\"Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Hansen is regarded as a Liverpool legend \/ Getty Images\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Hansen made 620 appearances for the Reds, achieving eight First Division titles, three European Cups and two FA Cups in that time. His success earned him the captains armband, which Hansen wore with pride for four years.<\/p>\n<p>Away from club football, the defender won 26 caps for Scotland, featuring in the 1982 World Cup side. His early career began in his home nation, where he featured as part of Partick Thistle\u2019s promotion winning side during his four year reign with the club.<\/p>\n<p>Since his retirement in 1991, the now 68-year-old went on to become a pundit, utilising his football knowledge on shows such as BBC\u2019s Match of the Day.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u00a0have confirmed that they will monitor his illness and provide updates when appropriate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool have confirmed that club legend Alan Hansen is \u2018seriously ill in hospital\u2019. A statement released by the Premier League club read: \u201cThe thoughts and support of everyone at Liverpool FC are with our legendary former captain Alan Hansen, who is currently seriously ill in hospital. \u201cThe club is currently in contact with Alan\u2019s family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool confirm club legend \u2018seriously ill in hospital\u2019 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/10\/liverpool-confirm-club-legend-seriously-ill-in-hospital\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liverpool confirm club legend \u2018seriously ill in hospital\u2019 \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool have confirmed that club legend Alan Hansen is \u2018seriously ill in hospital\u2019. 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