Arsenal icon Marc Overmars suffers 'irreparable heart damage' following cardiac arrest
Former Arsenal forward Marc Overmars has suffered 'irreparable damage' to his heart after suffering a cardiac arrest last month, according to reports in the Netherlands. The Dutchman was hospitalised at the end of 2022 with what Royal Antwerp, Overmars' employers, claimed was a 'mild stroke'. But De Telegraaf report that Overmars' condition is significantly worst than first feared, as part of his heart muscle is no longer working as it should, and that the ability to pump blood around Overmars' body is understood to have been reduced by 70% compared to normal capacity. It's unclear at this stage whether Overmars will recover, though he was recently quoted by Dutch media that he needed to 'take it easy and move forward one step at a time'. Overmars is well known to Football fans not only in the Netherlands, but also because of his stints as a player in England and Spain. He burst onto the scene during the mid-1990s after Louis van Gaal signed hi...