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Alan Hansen’s life after legendary Liverpool career and Match of the Day

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Former Liverpool and Scotland star won it all on the pitch during his time at Anfield before moving into the punditry studio to embark on a memorable Match of the Day career

Alan Hansen won countless trophies with Liverpool before moving into punditry(Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Success on the football pitch doesn’t always translate into expertise as a pundit, but for Alan Hansen it very much did.

Hansen, 68, is seriously ill in hospital, with former club Liverpool and Match of the Day host Gary Lineker among those to share messages of support. “The thoughts and support of everyone at Liverpool FC are with our legendary former captain Alan Hansen, who is currently seriously ill in hospital,” the Merseyside club said in a statement.




The Scotland international won eight league titles during his time at Anfield, and became a European champion on three occasions. He played 620 times for the Reds, including four seasons as captain.

He spent 14 years on Liverpool’s books, and even longer as a lead pundit on Match of the Day. The Scot walked away from his broadcasting career after the 2014 World Cup, but was able to pack plenty into more than two decades in the studio.

Hansen’s punditry career began not long after he ended his playing career in the early 1990s. Those early years included an infamous moment at the start of the 1995-96 season, when he dismissed the chances of Alex Ferguson’s youthful Manchester United squad.

“I think they’ve got problems,” Hansen said after United lost to Aston Villa on the opening weekend of the campaign. I wouldn’t say they have got major problems.

“Obviously three players [Paul Ince, Andrei Kanchelskis and Mark Hughes] have departed and the trick is buy when you are strong. So he [Ferguson] needs to buy players. You can’t win anything with kids.”

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