Former Ajax and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been moved to a hospital in the Netherlands and remains in a stable, non-life-threatening condition after suffering bleeding around his brain.
Ajax shared the initial news of the 52-year-old’s condition on July 7. He was recovering in an intensive care unit (ICU) in Split, Croatia, for a week.
In a statement released by Ajax, Van der Sar’s wife Annemarie van Kesteren confirmed he returned from Croatia on Friday.
The statement read: “Edwin has been repatriated from Croatia on Friday evening and is currently in the intensive care unit of a Dutch hospital. His situation remains the same: stable, in a non-life-threatening condition and communicative. The Van der Sar family would like to express their deep gratitude to the ‘University Hospital of Split’ for their great care during the last week.
“Edwin has to remain in the intensive care unit where he will be investigated further, and the family fervently hope he can focus on his recovery afterwards.”
Ajax showed their support for Van der Sar on Saturday during their first pre-season game, with all players wearing a goalkeeper shirt with his name on ahead of kick-off.
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