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Gary Ablett is battling blood cancer.

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The 44-year-old has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

As reported in the Daily Mirror...

 

Ablett was taken ill last week, soon after agreeing a one-year coaching contract with Ipswich.

 

He had been due to sit alongside manager Roy Keane on the Portman Road bench for the first time in Saturday's friendly with West Ham.

 

A sombre Keane, who recruited Ablett after getting to know him on a coaching course, said after the game: "Gary was taken ill at the training ground and taken to hospital. He is getting the best of treatment."

 

Ablett's family rushed to his bedside. It is expected he will be moved from Suffolk to his native Merseyside this week where intensive treatment will continue. The defender spent nine years at Liverpool from 1983 - where he won two league titles - before joining Everton.

 

Ablett went on to finish his playing career at Birmingham, Blackpool and Wycombe.

 

 

Poor guy!!! Heart goes put to him.

 

Lovely fella, great player, horrible news.

 

Best wishes to Gary and his gamily

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how sad, am i right in thinking cancer in the blood would require chemotherapy? and not just radiotherapy?

 

hope he comes through this

 

get well soon gary....

 

Yes, both I believe. My mother-in-law was treated for this, successfully so far meaning no sign of it coming back. Horrible process still, hair falling out, nausea etc. I hope he makes the same kind of recovery at the end of it.

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