{"id":1400,"date":"2026-06-04T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:38:41","slug":"alan-brazil-former-scotland-forward-lucky-to-be-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"Alan Brazil: Former Scotland forward ‘lucky’ to be alive"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Scotland striker Alan Brazil says he is “very, very lucky to be here” after undergoing a liver transplant recently.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 66-year-old, who now works as a broadcaster, revealed that his heart stopped beating during the procedure.<\/p>\n

“I’d had ongoing trials and seen so many specialists and they decided I needed a transplant,” Brazil told Talksport.<\/p>\n

“I finished (work) at quarter to 10 and at 10 I had to phone Addenbrooke’s Hospital. They said ‘get in right now’.<\/p>\n

“At two thirty that afternoon I was on the slab and they opened me up. I was under for something like eight hours.<\/p>\n

“They transplanted my liver. My heart did stop for a bit and it came back on its own.<\/p>\n

“I’ll be frank, I’m very, very lucky to be here.”<\/p>\n

Brazil had spells with Ipswich Town, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur among others during his playing career and is hopeful he can return to broadcasting in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

“I copped it, but thank God, luckily, the guys at Addenbrooke’s Hospital have saved my life,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I am on the mend. Still not there, but I am getting there.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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