Rory McIlroy has added his voice to those wishing a speedy recovery to legendary former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who remains in hospital following a brain haemorrhage.
Ferguson underwent emergency surgery on Saturday and no medical update has since been released.
United boss Jose Mourinho told a news conference on Wednesday that he was confident of a swift recovery, but was reluctant to go into further detail.
McIlroy is a well-known Red Devils fan and once spoke of how a speech from Ferguson ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup left him in a trance .
And, addressing the media ahead of the Players Championship, McIlroy offered his best wishes.
I was shocked to hear the news last weekend that he d been to hospital, I m just glad he s pulling through and he s conscious now and the procedure went well apparently, he said.
It s also funny I read that his first words were how did Doncaster get on? to his son [Darren, manager of Doncaster Rovers], that s pretty funny too.
He s a great man, he s a very driven individual, he says complacency is a disease, that s his big line. He hates complacency, he hates people resting on laurels.
I ve gotten to know Sir Alex pretty well, from the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles, then he came and did a charity thing with me in Dublin a couple of years ago for the Irish Open which was really good of him to do.
So, hopefully he makes a speedy recovery. I know everyone who has been in touch with him thinks the world of him, there are a lot of people out there supporting him. Hopefully he s back to full health soon.
