Royal Antwerp sporting director Marc Overmars has been admitted to hospital after suffering what his club called “a mild stroke”.
The 49-year-old former Ajax, Arsenal and Barcelona winger fell ill on Thursday, the Belgian side announced.
Overmars joined Royal Antwerp earlier this year after a decade as director of football affairs at Ajax.
“Marc is fine in the meantime, but will have to calm down for a while,” a statement from Antwerp read.
He added that the Dutchman and his family would ‘focus on his recovery’.
As a player, Overmars won three league titles and the Champions League with Ajax before joining Arsenal in 1997, where he won a league and cup double before signing for Barcelona in 2000.
Overmars’ career was often cut short by injury and he retired in 2004.
He quit his job at Ajax after admitting send inappropriate messages to female colleagues.
