‘Please god’ – Graeme Souness offers emotional plea for friend and Liverpool legend Alan Hansen

Graeme Souness has sent a heart-warming message to Liverpool legend Alan Hansen as the Scot remains in hospital.

Hansen was taken into hospital last week and remains seriously unwell.

He has received a number of messages of support since with many in the footballing world sending their own tributes.

In 14 years at Anfield, the 69-year-old won every major honour available to him.

Earlier this week, Liverpool sent a poignant message to the Scot on his birthday. Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the club said: "We're all thinking of Alan and his family on his 69th birthday."

Souness provided an emotional tribute to talkSPORT. He said: "He's not a colleague, he's a good friend. When people become ill, people always talk about how much of a great guy there that person was.

"I'm telling you now, he's a real human being. It's hard to find a bad word about him. He's a rascal when it comes to humour, he was very smart with that.

"I, like every person who comes across him or listened to him on the television, say a little prayer for him. He is one of life's good guys. Please god, we're all saying a prayer for him that he gets through this.

"I spoke to his wife, Janet, a couple of days ago and you can imagine what state she's in. I'm telling you, he is one of the best guys you've ever met. A proper, proper human being.