Overmars and Bergkamp during their Arsenal days (©)
Overmars and Bergkamp during their Arsenal days (©)

Ex-Gunners winger suffers 'a mild stroke'

Reading Time: 1min | Sat. 31.12.22. | 11:01

Marc Overmars, 49, has been admitted to hospital after feeling unwell, Belgium club Royal Antwerp announced

Sad news coming from Belgium! Royal Antwerp sporting director and former Arsenal winger Marc Overmars has been taken to hospital after suffering what his club called "a mild stroke".

The 49-year-old Dutch - who spent years playing top-notch football at Ajax, Arsenal and Barcelona - became unwell on Thursday, the Belgian side said.

Overmars joined Royal Antwerp earlier this year following a decade as Ajax's football affairs director.

"Marc is doing well in the meantime but will have to take it easy for a while," an Antwerp statement said.

It added that the Dutchman and his family would "focus on his recovery".

As a player, Overmars won three league titles and the Champions League with Ajax before moving to Arsenal in 1997, where he won a league and cup double before signing for Barcelona in 2000.

Overmars' career was often interrupted by injuries, and he retired from playing in 2004.

He resigned from his position at Ajax after admitting he had sent inappropriate messages to female colleagues.



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