Liverpool & Wales Great Toshack Diagnosed With Dementia

Liverpool icon Toshack previously spent 2 weeks connected a ventilator successful a Barcelona hospital aft contracting Covid-19 and pneumonia.

he said, he had been "seriously ill", adding: "When I deliberation backmost connected it now, it's frightening."

Despite nan dementia diagnosis, Cameron says he still regularly receives awesome coaching proposal from his father.

"I'll talk to him astir what we're doing successful Thailand and he still gives awesome advice," he said.

"As a manager, he could ever spot 2 aliases 3 moves ahead, and it was ever successful nan genes for me, really."

John Toshack began his playing profession pinch hometown nine Cardiff City earlier joining Liverpool successful 1970.

He formed a lethal onslaught business pinch Kevin Keegan and won 3 convention titles, 2 Uefa Cups, 1 FA Cup, 1 European Cup, a Charity Shield and a Uefa Super Cup during a sparkling eight-year spell pinch nan Reds.

The Welshman joined Swansea City arsenic player-manager successful 1978 and famously led nan nine from nan Fourth Division to nan First pinch successive promotions, arsenic good arsenic 3 Welsh Cup titles.

He won trophies successful 5 of nan 8 different countries successful which he managed - including 2 spells pinch existent Madrid - pinch his astir caller domiciled coming pinch Tractor successful Azerbaijan successful 2018.

Toshack was besides pivotal successful nan improvement of Welsh stars including Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen during his 2nd stint successful complaint of Wales.