Liverpool and Wales legend John Toshack diagnosed with dementia

The Liverpool and Wales awesome John Toshack has been diagnosed pinch dementia, according to his boy Cameron.

Toshack had a celebrated playing profession pinch nan Merseyside club, scoring much than 100 goals and winning 9 trophies betwixt 1970 and 1978, and earning 40 caps for Wales earlier turning to management, including roles pinch Real Sociedad, Real Madrid and his nationalist team.

The 77-year-old’s boy Cameron, who useful arsenic shot coach successful Thailand and was formerly adjunct head astatine Leeds, told nan Daily Mail that Toshack goes done bully and bad days.

He said: “It’s a unspeakable disease. It’s nan short-term representation wherever we’re seeing it - I speak to him astir days and if we chat successful nan afternoon, he mightiness not retrieve that we besides said successful nan morning. But if I inquire him astir nan Liverpool days, aliases Sociedad aliases Madrid, nan item is amazing.

“The different time he was telling maine astir a Real Madrid crippled against Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan and precisely really he tweaked his midfield to woody pinch Marco van Basten. The crippled could person been yesterday, his representation was truthful clear. I’ll talk to him astir what we’re doing successful Thailand and he still gives awesome advice. As a manager, he could ever spot 2 aliases 3 moves ahead, and it was ever successful nan genes for me, really.”

Liverpool’s John Toshack slams nan shot past Gordon Taylor and into nan Birmingham nett connected his measurement to a hat-trick for nan Reds successful 1975 astatine Anfield. Photograph: Manchester Daily Express/SSPL/Getty Images

Toshack began his profession astatine hometown nine Cardiff earlier signing for Bill Shankly’s Liverpool, wherever he was portion of squads that won 3 convention titles, 2 Uefa Cups, an FA Cup and a European Cup.

In his first occupation successful management, he took Swansea from nan aged 4th section to nan apical tier, and past took complaint astatine Sporting successful Portugal earlier moving to Spain.

He won nan Copa del Rey during 1 of 3 spells astatine Real Sociedad and doubly managed Real Madrid, winning La Liga successful 1990 pinch a grounds 107 goals scored. Toshack besides coached successful France, Turkey, Morocco, Azerbaijan and Macedonia and had 2 stints arsenic nan Wales manager.

In his 2nd spell, betwixt 2004 and 2010, Toshack gave debuts to Aaron Ramsey, Gareth Bale and others who became mainstays of nan broadside that reached nan semi-finals of Euro 2016.