Paul Gascoigne rushed to hospital after collapsing at home

South Wales Guardian

6 days ago

Gascoigne, 58, was said to have been discovered by a friend at his Dorset home on Friday evening (July 18).
He is reportedly recovering now and is expected to be in hospital for treatment for a few days.
Steve Foster, a friend of Gascoigne's and his driver, who found him, told The Sun newspaper: 'He would like to thank everyone for the support he's received so far from so many old friends who wish him well and want to see him back to his best.'
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He added: 'Paul is in hospital, which is the best possible place for him to be right now.'
Gascoigne is considered to be one of England's greatest midfielders, having played for the likes of Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Lazio in his club career.
He was capped 57 times and scored ten goals for the Three Lions between 1988 and 1998.
Gascoigne came through the ranks at Newcastle in the 1980s before moving to Tottenham, where he would win an FA Cup winners' medal in 1991.
He spent four years in Italy with Lazio before joining Rangers, but alcohol issues took hold during his latter career at Middlesbrough, Everton and Burnley.
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The Telegraph adds: "He was left out of England's 1998 World Cup squad, which proved a crushing blow for both his professional and personal life."
Gascoigne spoke to Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes, who present the High Performance Podcast, about his personal struggles last year.
He shared: 'The things I've put myself through, I'm lucky to still be sitting here.
'I've spent a lot of years being down, when I did my ligaments and then my knee-cap, I missed four years of football. I would've got 100 caps.'
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Of the battle to stay sober, Gascoigne said: 'I don't blame anyone, I used to blame a lot of people when I was drinking. 'It's f****** because he did that. Because such-and-such did this'.
"I did the 12 steps and one of the steps was to meet the person you blamed and apologise to them.
'What I put myself through and other people, jail and rehab – taking cocaine off toilet seats – and then I'm asked to be ambassador for my country, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.'