Former Liverpool star Alan Hansen leaves hospital after a serious illness

Former Liverpool captain and TV pundit Alan Hansen has been released from hospital and will continue his rehabilitation at home.

The Premier League club made the announcement in a statement on June 9 Former Scotland centre-back was ‘seriously ill’.

Now in Sunday’s post on X, Liverpool FC said: “Alan was released from hospital today to continue his rehabilitation at home.

“Alan, Janet, Adam, Lucy and family would like to thank everyone for their wonderful messages of love and support. It was overwhelming and helped tremendously.”

This was done by his former Liverpool teammate Graeme Souness last week indicated that Hansen was recovering.

Hansen, 69, spent 14 years as a Liverpool player after signing for Partick Thistle in 1977 and won eight First Division titles, three European Cups and two FA Cups.

He spent four years as captain at Anfield and his 620 appearances put him in the top ten of all Liverpool players in terms of games played for the club.

The defender also made 26 caps for Scotland between 1979 and 1987 and played at the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Hansen retired from professional football in 1991 to pursue a career as a television pundit.

He spent over 20 years with the BBC, including as a regular guest on Match Of The Day.

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Hansen became famous for his nonsensical analysis – describing mistakes or poor play during matches as “shocking”, “poor” or “diabolical”.

He last appeared for the BBC during the Rio World Cup final in July 2014, after 22 years on screen.