{"id":139741,"date":"2026-05-03T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sir-alex-ferguson-taken-to-hospital-as-precaution-before-man-utd-v-liverpool\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T16:02:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T16:02:52","slug":"sir-alex-ferguson-taken-to-hospital-as-precaution-before-man-utd-v-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/sir-alex-ferguson-taken-to-hospital-as-precaution-before-man-utd-v-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alex Ferguson taken to hospital as precaution before Man Utd v Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANCHESTER, May 3 \u2013 Sir Alex Ferguson was taken to hospital after falling unwell at Old Trafford shortly before Manchester United\u2019s Premier League match with Liverpool on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sources stressed it was a precautionary move for the 84-year-old former Manchester United manager, and not an emergency situation.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson, who managed United for 27 years during a glittering reign, watches the club\u2019s games from the directors\u2019 box.<\/p>\n<p>No further update has been provided on his condition after his admission to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson had a brain haemorrhage in 2018 which left him seriously ill. He spoke about his recovery in detail three years later.<\/p>\n<p>He was pictured with guests at the stadium on Sunday a couple of hours before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson was subsequently taken in an ambulance from Old Trafford to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Club officials are optimistic Ferguson will soon be fit enough to return home.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANCHESTER, May 3 \u2013 Sir Alex Ferguson was taken to hospital after falling unwell at Old Trafford shortly before Manchester United\u2019s Premier League match with Liverpool on Sunday. Sources stressed it was a precautionary move for the 84-year-old former Manchester United manager, and not an emergency situation. Ferguson, who managed United for 27 years during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}