Boxing legend Chris Eubank Snr dropped in to visit Rangers hero Rangers icon Fernando Ricksen reveals how MND battle made him lose faith in God at his hospice.
A smiling Ricksen, 42, who is battling motor neurone disease, posed next to the iconic fighter at the St Andrew’s Hospice in Airdrie in a picture posted on Twitter this evening.
The snap was uploaded by the former Ibrox star's biographer Vincent De Vries alongside with the caption: "One amazing fighter meets another. Thanks Chris Eubank"
Eubank's visit came during a trip to Scotland for a meet and greet event at the Bothwell Bridge Hotel on Saturday night.
Guests at the bash were treated to a 3 course meal while listening to some of the former world champion's stories and anecdotes from 13 years at the top of his sport.
Last month former Rangers manager Graeme Souness drops by Airdrie hospice to visit Rangers legend Fernando Ricksen visited Ricksen at the centre.
Souness, 65, started supporting the hospice many years ago after it provided care to a friend’s wife.
Graeme Souness drops by Airdrie hospice to visit Rangers legend Fernando Ricksen
During his visit, Souness watched football and chatted with Ricksen and met with nurses, doctors and other staff members.
The former Scotland and Liverpool captain, an instrumental figure in last summer’s Advertiser charity football match for our award-winning Readers’ Room campaign in aid of the hospice, said: “Fernando is a fighter and he’s showing great mental strength to keep going.
“He’s such an inspirational character.”
Ricksen won seven trophies at Rangers between 2000 and 2006.
He announced he was terminally ill with motor neurone disease, which attacks the nerve cells controlling muscles, in 2013 and now needs a computer to help him talk.
Rangers icon Fernando Ricksen reveals how MND battle made him lose faith in God
Ricksen, capped 12 times for Holland, was transferred to the hospice in January after becoming unwell at an Ibrox fans’ event three months earlier – a move he revealed was his choice given the quality of care he would receive there.
Ricksen, who previously lived in Spain, told national media at the time: “I know I will stay in this hospice for the rest of my life. I have no other choice but to accept it.
“The staff are amazing and I knew that this would be the place where I want to spend the rest of my life.
