John Toshack denies ‘dementia diagnosis’ after son’s claim
Toshack, 77, told reporters who visited his home in Girona, Spain that he had not seen his son in two years
Liverpool and Wales great John Toshack says he does not have dementia, denying claims made by his son in a newspaper interview this week. Toshack’s son Cameron said he gave the Daily Mail permission to share his father’s diagnosis in an interview published on Wednesday . “Demented?
Not yet,” Toshack, 77, told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo from his home in Girona. “I've forgotten all the goals I've missed, but I remember perfectly the ones I've scored. ” Toshack said that he does sometimes struggle with his short-term memory, but explained it was because of a long battle with Covid-19.
The former Liverpool forward and Wales manager spent more than two weeks in an ICU in Barcelona after contracting Covid-19 and pneumonia, confirming in 2022 that he had been “seriously ill”. John Toshack watches on as Real Madrid face Numancia at the Bernabeu (Getty Images) The El Mundo journalist who visited Toshack at his home in Girona, Luis Nunez-Villaveirn, shared a video of the 77-year-old speaking in Spanish and wearing a Real Sociedad tracksuit as he discussed his condition. A former coach of Real Madrid and Real Sociedad, Toshack lives in Spain with his wife, Mai.
She said Toshack had not seen his son Cameron, who works as a coach in Thailand, in two years. Cameron had told the Daily Mail that his father had “good days and bad days” and claimed they spoke “most days”. He said Toshack could still remember details of past matches from his time at Liverpool and Real Madrid.