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Former England and Tottenham Hotspur footballer Paul Gascoigne has been rushed to infirmary aft reportedly collapsing astatine his home.
The 58-year-old, affectionally known arsenic Gazza, was recovered semi-conscious connected the level of his location successful Dorset by his adjacent person and idiosyncratic adjunct Steve Foster.
“Paul is successful hospital, which is the champion imaginable spot for him to beryllium close now,” Foster said.
He added that Gascoigne would 'like to convey everyone for the enactment he’s received truthful acold from truthful galore aged friends who privation him good and privation to spot him backmost to his best'.
The footballing icon is reportedly successful an acute aesculapian ward but is presently successful a unchangeable condition, and is expected to stay successful infirmary for respective days until helium is afloat recovered.
Gascoigne, who besides played for Rangers and Newcastle United, has endured a agelong conflict with intoxicant and drugs, thing which began during his playing vocation and lone got worse aft helium retired from nonrecreational shot successful 2004 astatine the property of 37.
Speaking to the High Performance Podcast past year, Gascoigne described himself arsenic a 'sad drunk', portion helium besides had anti-alcohol pellets sewn into his tummy backmost successful 2020, which would marque him sick if helium had a drink.
He said: "I utilized to beryllium a blessed drunk, I ain't anymore... I'm a bittersweet drunk. I don't spell retired and drink, I portion indoors. If I privation to marque it a atrocious day, [all I request to bash is] spell down the pub. If I privation it to beryllium a bully day, I get my flying rod retired and spell fishing.
"It's not the drinking, it's the afterwards. Looking astatine my telephone aft and seeing 30 messages oregon missed calls, I cognize I'm successful trouble. But I've been each right. Last twelvemonth wasn't brilliant, was disconnected and connected for a mates of months.
"I went to a gathering the different nighttime truthful that was each right. Just an AA meeting. I went with a person and that was okay. They're each right, harmless."
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