FORMER Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is being treated in intensive care after suffering bleeding around the brain.
The ex-Netherlands international, 52, is currently in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital while holidaying on a Croatian island when he suffered a brain haemorrhage.
Van der Sar most recently worked at Dutch giants Ajax but left his role as chief executive earlier this year after the club finished third.
Ajax released a statement confirming his condition: “On Friday, Edwin van der Sar has had a bleeding around his brain.
“He’s currently in hospital in the intensive care unit and is in a stable condition. Once there is more concrete information, an update will follow.
“Everyone at Ajax wishes Edwin a speedy recovery.
“We’re thinking of you.”
The goalkeeper’s former side Fulham also posted a message on social media.
It read: “Everyone at Fulham Football Club wishes Edwin a speedy recovery.
“We’re thinking of you.”
Manchester United also added: “Sending all our love and strength to you, Edwin.”
The Dutchman won the Champions League with both Ajax and Manchester United during his playing days.
While at Old Trafford he also lost two European finals with one of them coming in his last ever game against Barcelona in 2011 before retiring.
After quitting his Ajax job he said: “After almost eleven years on the board, I am done.
“We have experienced wonderful things together, but it has also been an incredibly tough period.
“I am very grateful for the people I have met and worked with during my second career at Ajax, and what we have achieved and been through together. I feel the need to take some distance, to get some rest, and to do other things.
“It doesn’t feel good to take decisions about the future of this wonderful club in the coming period. That is why I have decided to resign.”
The Dutchman married Annemarie Van Kesteren in May 2006.
Van der Sar has a 25-year-old son, Joe, who most recently played for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
