Former England ahead and supervisor Kevin Keegan has been identified with most cancers, his previous membership Newcastle United stated on Wednesday.
“Kevin Keegan was not too long ago admitted to the hospital for additional analysis of ongoing belly signs. These investigations revealed a most cancers analysis, and Kevin will endure remedy,” the Premier League facet, the place Keegan each performed and managed, stated in a press release.
Keegan, 74, loved a stellar enjoying profession with trophy-laden spells at Liverpool and Hamburg. As a supervisor, he narrowly missed out on the Premier League title with Newcastle earlier than a difficult time accountable for England.
As a participant, he gained three First Division titles at Liverpool in addition to a European Cup, two UEFA Cups and an FA Cup.
He then moved to Germany and gained the Bundesliga with Hamburg and was twice topped European Footballer of the Yr, earlier than returning to England with Southampton after which Newcastle.
Nicknamed “King Kev”, Keegan scored 204 objectives in 592 league appearances throughout his membership profession. He earned 63 caps for England, netting 21 objectives, and captained the nationwide facet on 31 events.
As a supervisor, he had two spells in cost at Newcastle and completed Premier League runners-up in 1995-96 to Manchester United having led the desk for a lot of the marketing campaign.
He succeeded Glenn Hoddle as England supervisor in 1999 however couldn’t lead them past the group stage at Euro 2000 and left the job later that 12 months after shedding to Germany within the ultimate sport ever performed on the previous Wembley Stadium.
