Ex-Ajax, Man United goalie Van der Sar leaves intensive care after bleed around his brain

AMSTERDAM — Former Netherlands goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been launched from an intensive care unit in a Dutch hospital and hopes to return house subsequent week as he recovers from a bleed across the mind, he stated Tuesday in an Instagram publish.

“I’m happy to share that I’m no longer in the intensive care unit. However, I’m still in hospital. I hope to go home next week and take the next step in my recovery!” Van der Sar wrote subsequent to a photograph of him sitting up in a hospital mattress together with his arm round his spouse, Annemarie.

The publish was Van der Sar’s first direct communication since struggling a bleed across the mind in Croatia on July 7 and being admitted to an intensive care unit in Croatia. Previously, his spouse and Ajax had given updates on his situation.

The goalkeeper, who received the Champions League with Manchester United in 2008 after a penalty shootout, returned to the Netherlands final week.

In his Instagram publish, he additionally thanked all of the followers who despatched him messages of assist.

Van der Sar, 52, retired in 2011 after 130 appearances for his nation and a membership profession that included Champions League wins with each Ajax and United.

He additionally received 4 Premier League titles with United and had spells with Fulham and Juventus.

He later took up a place on the Ajax board and stepped down as director basic of the Amsterdam membership on the finish of the season, saying he was exhausted after greater than a decade on the membership’s board.