TOTTENHAM have confirmed that football legend Jimmy Greaves has been taken to hospital.
It is not yet known what he is being treated for but there is no suggestion it is linked to coronavirus.
Spurs announced on social media: “We can confirm that our record goalscorer Jimmy Greaves is currently being treated in hospital.
“We are in touch with his family and will provide further updates in due course.
“Everybody at the Club sends their best wishes to Jimmy and his family.”
Greaves has been taken to hospital in Chelmsford, Essex, near his home.
Now 80, the former footballer and pundit has been in poor health since suffering a stroke nearly five years ago.
He uses a wheelchair and is cared for by his family and professional carers who visit him four times a day.
Greaves is one of the greatest footballers England has ever produced and was one of the world’s best strikers in his considerable prime.
His 357 goals in English football remains unbeaten 49 years after he retired and he remains Tottenham’s record goalscorer with 266.
Greaves also scored 132 goals for Chelsea and is seventh on their all-time list – despite playing only four seasons at Stamford Bridge.
He also scored 44 goals in just 57 England games and was a key part of the 1966 World Cup winning squad – although he missed the knockout stages because of injury.
After retirement he became a much-loved pundit on Saint and Greavsie, alongside Ian St John.
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