Rangers legend Graeme Souness has opened up on a recent health scare which resulted in an emergency operation. 

Earlier this month, while sitting watching football on the TV at home, the 71-year-old experienced chest pains.

The Gers and Scotland icon was taken to hospital, where he had to go under the knife.

Souness - who insists he's now feeling 'great' - had to have two stents fitted into one of his coronary arteries earlier in his life.

Aged 38, he was diagnosed with coronary heart disease - resulting in a triple heart bypass.

A decade later he had a stent fitted when another of his arteries was blocked. In 2015, he suffered a heart attack at his home too.

The Liverpool idol insists he'll be back towards full fitness in enough time to train for a mammoth swimming and cycling fundraising challenge next year. 

Souness is vice president of a charity called DEBRA, which helps people suffering from Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB).

The skin condition is incurable and causes severe pain with blisters and tears from trauma or friction to the skin.

Speaking about his recent health scare on BBC Breakfast, he said: “I had a bit of an episode 10 days ago.

“I was watching England play Finland, got up at half time to make a cup of tea and felt chest pains.

“Without dwelling on it, three days later I had a couple of stents put into one of my coronary arteries.

“I feel great. I’ve got a great cardiologist down in Bournemouth, he’s looked after me for 15 years and I’m in great hands.”

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