Scottish football legend Denis Law is recovering at home after collapsing on a plane at Manchester Airport.
The 76-year-old Aberdonian, nicknamed ‘The King’, felt faint and slumped over his seat as he and wife Diana were about to fly to Menorca in Spain for a holiday.
Former Manchester United and Scotland forward Law was taken to Trafford General Hospital where he was later released after checks and tests with doctors reportedly diagnosing the problem as a possible vasovagal attack – sudden fainting episode caused by several different triggers.
Law said: “I went white and did not feel well at all. The next thing I collapsed while in my seat.
“I feel better now, but I’m having tests as it’s happened a few times in the past few years.
“It’s not pleasant, one time I thought I’d snuffed it. Hopefully I’ll be able to join the holiday soon.
“I felt foolish when I came round on the plane. I just conked out. There were nine of us on the plane.
“It was a nightmare and it’s worrying. We’d got up at 4.30am for the flight so that probably didn’t help. It just happened so quick but I feel a lot better now.”
Law, who recovered from prostate cancer in 2003, is a fundraiser for Cancer Research UK and a patron for the charity Meningitis Now.
He made a recovery from prostate cancer in 2003.
