In the early morning of July 8, Beijing time, according to the Dutch media "Telegraph", Dutch football star Van der Sar was urgently sent to the ICU for treatment due to cerebral hemorrhage, and then Ajax club officially confirmed this information, fortunately, Van der Sar is currently in stable condition.
Van der Sar was reportedly vacationing on a small Croatian island when he suddenly developed a cerebral hemorrhage. On Friday afternoon local time, Van der Sar was rushed to hospital by helicopter and admitted to the ICU for treatment.
Born in 1970, Van der Sar is 52 years old and played for Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United, winning the Champions League trophy with Ajax and Manchester United, as well as winning four Premier League titles and four Eredivisie titles. In July 2011, at the age of 41, Van der Sar announced his retirement.
Van der Sar returned to his former club Ajax in November 2012 to join management and became CEO in November 2016, helping to unearth players such as Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt On May 30 this year, Van der Sar resigned and left Ajax.
According to Dutch media reports, van der Sar had planned to participate with his wife this Saturday at an event calling attention to brain diseases. Van der Sar 's wife, Anna, also suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in 2009, after which Van der Sar founded a foundation for caring for the brain in his own name in 2012.