Guardian:
‘Former football star George Best was being treated last night in a hospital intensive care unit three years after a liver transplant. The condition of the 59-year-old former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star was said to be improving.
‘He was admitted to the private Cromwell hospital, west London, on Saturday, suffering from flu-like symptoms, but his condition deteriorated and he was moved to the intensive care unit yesterday. His doctor, Roger Williams, said: "He is serious but improving, with the emphasis on improving. The infection has caused him to be severely ill but he is certainly responding to treatment and we hope to move him out of intensive care in the next 24 hours." He added there was "no real cause for alarm.”’