Clive Tyldesley gives health update as legendary commentator shares picture from hospital

Clive Tyldesley became the dependable of the Champions League during his stint arsenic ITV's main commentator and has offered an update to fans aft being admitted to hospital

Clive Tyldesley has assured fans helium is warring acceptable aft being admitted to infirmary for tests.

The legendary shot commentator shared images from his bed, but insisted determination was thing to interest astir and that helium would beryllium backmost successful enactment adjacent week. The ITV fable besides made definite to praise NHS unit for the attraction helium had received during his stay.

Taking to societal media, helium said: "Another large NHS acquisition today. I’m truthful grateful for the expertise, attraction and smiles I got today. And I’m fine!!"

Tyldesley past posted different representation wearing headphones, confirming that helium would beryllium backmost connected commentary duties for the Champions League showdown betwixt Manchester City and Real Madrid.

Tyldesley posted: "My station was astir the excellence of the NHS. I’m perfectly good and watching the game.

"I’ll beryllium astatine the Etihad adjacent Tuesday. They were conscionable looking for thing and recovered thing - hardly a encephalon cell!"

The 70-year-old is this twelvemonth celebrating his 50th commentating connected football, with his astir memorable stint coming with ITV betwixt 1998 and 2024. He was the broadcaster’s pb commentator for 22 years, earlier being replaced by Sam Matterface successful 2020.

He past continued with ITV for different 4 years, earlier being told his declaration wouldn’t beryllium renewed pursuing Euro 2024 - overmuch to the vexation of adoring fans up and down the land.

On his ITV exit, helium told the Mail past year: "The ITV shot exertion phoned maine to archer maine I would beryllium going location aft the past 16. I asked if determination would beryllium immoderate different opportunities and helium said that ITV would not beryllium offering maine different declaration and truthful that volition beryllium it aft 28 years."

He added: “I've ne'er afloat understood but I person to judge it. I inactive deliberation my enactment is beardown capable to resonate with aged and young,” helium said astir leaving ITV past year.

"It's a unusual concern due to the fact that I americium not retiring and person nary volition of doing so. This is not my determination - it's theirs.”

Tyldesley insisted helium harboured nary atrocious feelings towards his erstwhile employers but said astatine the clip helium had nary volition of hanging up the microphone. And helium has stuck to his connection this season, appearing connected Amazon Prime’s sum of the Premier League and Champions League, arsenic good arsenic connected American broadcaster CBS Sports.

After signing a four-year woody with the second past summer, helium said: "All I tin bash is keeping reviewing my ain standards, support making myself available. If idiosyncratic similar CBS - who person fixed maine a four-year declaration to screen Champions League for the USA - amusement that benignant of assurance successful maine past I tin lone guarantee you I volition repay that religion by moving bloody hard and trying to beryllium arsenic bully arsenic I tin be."

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