Former England left back Kenny Sansom has been diagnosed with a brain disorder and form of dementia.
Sansom was hospitalised and left fighting for his life earlier this year when he suffered serious head injuries in an alleged attack and a fall during a drunken row.
The 62-year-old former Crystal Palace and Arsenal defender is out of hospital now and being treated for Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.
Former England star Kenny Sansom has been diagnosed with a brain disorder and dementia
The former Arsenal defender was hospitalised and left fighting for his life earlier this year
It is a disease caused by a deficiency of thiamine — or vitamin B1 — and often linked to alcoholism, although it is reversible and Sansom is making progress, according to his family.