HOLLAND manager Ronald Koeman has been rushed to an Amsterdam hospital for an emergency heart operation.
The former Everton and Southampton boss had a stent inserted into his coronary vein after scans showed it was blocked.
Ronald Koeman has had emergency heart surgery after being rushed to hospitaCredit: Reuters
Koeman’s wife Bertina and his agent, Rob Jansen, confirmed to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that the 57-year-old is in a stable condition.
The Ajax, PSV and Barcelona legend had to have a stent (a tube that keeps the blood vessel open) inserted after a cardiac catheterisation showed the vein was blocked.
He had been out cycling before complaining of chest pain – he was then taken in an ambulance to Amsterdam UMC hospital.
He is expected to be able to return home on Monday and there has been no suggestion so far that his heart problem was related to the coronavirus.
Koeman, who won eight league titles, two European Cups and Euro 88 as a player, was preparing his Netherlands side for Euro 2020 this summer before the Covid-19 crisis forced the tournament to be postponed a year.
All international matches have since been scrapped, with league across Europe awaiting the fait of their current campaigns.
The Dutch season was cancelled at the end of April, with the French league soon following.
At the moment, the Premier League plan to resume the season on June 12 and stage matches behind closed doors at neutral grounds – if the Government gives the green light.
Premier League clubs agreed during their video conference on Friday on a target date of May 18 to return to full training, with match days following three weeks later.
Players are set to be tested for Covid-19 twice a week, meaning the Premier League are planning on finding – and funding – over 10,000 tests between the start of training and the end of the season.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
