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Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson Is ‘Awake And Talking’ After Brain Haemorrhage

Manchester United’s Sir Alex Ferguson Is ‘Awake And Talking’ After Brain Haemorrhage

He was rushed to hospital after collapsing at his Cheshire home on Saturday

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

Sir Alex Ferguson is awake and talking to close friends and family at Salford Royal Hospital, according to the Sun, after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

A source of the 76-year-old has told the newspaper: "The prognosis is good and his closest friends in football are being kept abreast of any developments."

Sir Alex was rushed to hospital on Saturday after collapsing at his Cheshire home.

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A Manchester United spokesman explained that Ferguson required emergency treatment for a brain haemorrhage but added that the procedure had gone 'very well'.

The spokesman said: "Sir Alex Ferguson has undergone emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage.

"The procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery. His family request privacy in this matter."

Football's biggest names have been sending messages to Sir Alex, hoping for a speedy recovery.

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Ryan Giggs told BBC Wales: "Now is the time to pray and hope he can make a full recovery. He has been the biggest influence in my career, both on and off the pitch.

"I know the operation has been a success - but he is a fighter and that is what makes me think that he will be able to make a recovery."

England defender Phil Jones added: "He's taken me under his wing like a father and it was shocking. It's sad, but I know his character and I know he has that fight in him.

"He is such a legend in my eyes. He is the one who brought me to the club and gave me that opportunity to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world."

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Michael Carrick played under Fergie for seven years and told Sky Sports: "The whole football world is incredible but outside of that as well, from all corners of the globe and different walks of life, people have shown their support.

"That's the effect he had on people. It was the effect he had on everyone. He means a lot to me, as he does to this club.

"We were all praying for him and thinking of him, Cathy and the family. It's a tough time for everyone but I'm thinking positive and hoping he will pull through."

A brain haemorrhage is a type of stroke which involves bleeding on the surface of the brain. An aneurysm, which is when an artery swells and bursts, is usually what sets off the haemorrhage.

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