Liverpool’s all-time main goalscorer Ian Rush is recovering in hospital after spending two days in intensive care with flu.

Rush, 64, was taken into the Countess of Chester hospital final week with respiratory difficulties.

A Liverpool spokesperson thanked employees on the hospital for “offering the most effective care potential” and mentioned “everybody at Liverpool needs him a speedy restoration”.

Rush spent two massively profitable spells at Liverpool both aspect of a stint at Juventus within the Nineteen Eighties.

He scored a club-record 346 objectives in 660 appearances for Liverpool, profitable 5 First Division titles and two European Cups.

The striker, who additionally performed for Leeds, Newcastle and Wrexham over a 22-year profession, received 73 caps for Wales and was their main scorer with 28 objectives till that report was damaged by Gareth Bale in 2018.

After hanging up his boots in 2000, Rush moved into administration and had an eight-month spell in command of Chester.

He at present works as an envoy for Liverpool and often attends matches at Anfield.

Flu circumstances are hovering throughout the UK. A mean of two,660 sufferers per day had been in hospital with flu in England final week – the very best for this time of 12 months since data started in 2021, and up 55% on the week earlier than, NHS England mentioned.

Flu circumstances are additionally rising in Scotland, Wales and Northern Eire, figures present.