Soccer-Man Utd great Law diagnosed with Alzheimer's, vascular dementia

FILE PHOTO: Football - Manchester United v Liverpool - FA Barclays Premiership - Old Trafford - 06/07 , 22/10/06 Denis Law - Former Manchester United player Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Michael Regan

(Reuters) - Manchester United and Scotland great Denis Law has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, the 81-year-old said in a statement https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/denis-law-issues-statement-over-alzheimers-and-vascular-dementia-diagnosis on Thursday.

Striker Law, who won the Ballon d'Or in 1964 and is third on United's all-time list of corers with 237 goals in 404 matches behind Bobby Charlton and Wayne Rooney, said that the road ahead would be "hard, demanding, painful and ever changing.