![](https://cdn-sport.timesofmalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/000_33N42VV.jpg?x57201)
Former Dutch international goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is out of intensive care and is hoping to go home next week after suffering a life-threatening brain haemorrhage.
The 52-year-old, who played for Amsterdam’s Ajax and then Manchester United, was on holiday on a Croatian island when he fell ill almost two weeks ago.
“I’m happy to share that I’m no longer in the intensive care unit,” Van der Sar said on his Twitter account late on Tuesday.
He also posted a picture holding hands with his wife Annemarie at his hospital bed with the couple smiling.
“However, I’m still in hospital. I hope to go home next week and take the next step in my recovery!” Van der Sar said.
Van der Sar announced in May that he was quitting as Ajax chief executive after the worst season in 14 years for the historic Dutch club which finished third in the Eredivisie.
The 130-times capped Van der Sar played for Ajax from 1990-1999, winning the Champions League in 1995.
He went on to lift the European Cup again in 2008 with Manchester United after spells at Juventus and Fulham.
![](https://cdn-sport.timesofmalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sportsdesklogosmall-noT.png?x57201)
World Cup News
-
FIFA World Cup
/ 2 days agoVinicius says Spain should lose 2030 World Cup unless racism declines
Brazilian striker Vinicius Junior has called for Spain to be stripped of its 2030...
By AFP -
FIFA World Cup
/ 2 months agoRights groups demand release of jailed Qatar World Cup ex-staffer
Human rights groups on Wednesday called for the release of Abdullah Ibhais, a former...
By AFP -
FIFA World Cup
/ 2 months agoNew Jersey governor says 2026 World Cup will be ‘incredibly safe’
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Sunday promised the 2026 World Cup will be...
By AFP -
FIFA World Cup
/ 4 months agoSaudi oil giant Aramco agrees major FIFA sponsorship deal
Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco and world football governing body FIFA on Thursday...
By AFP
![](https://cdn-sport.timesofmalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/000_34KF4EC-80x80.jpg?x57201)
English football
Liverpool ‘colossus’ Ron Yeats dies aged 86
![](https://cdn-sport.timesofmalta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/000_9YU3GU-80x80.jpg?x57201)