Stiliyan Petrov

[TF S4DK]

Aston Villa have announced that midfielder Stiliyan Petrov is suffering from acute leukaemia.

Villa captain Petrov, 32, has made 29 appearances for the club this season in all competitions and most recently featured in Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Arsenal, but reported that he was feeling unwell in the aftermath.

A club statement read: "The Villa board received news today that our long-standing captain Stiliyan Petrov has been diagnosed with Acute Leukaemia.

"Stiliyan developed a fever following the Arsenal game last Saturday and subsequently underwent tests.

"Haematology experts confirmed the diagnosis today. We expect to learn more about Stiliyan's situation in due course. During this time we ask that Stiliyan's privacy is placed ahead of all inquiries."

More to follow...

[Lieutenant]

Damn

[Zizouz]

that's serious, hope he gets better

[O Fenomeno]

[The Somalian]

Hope he pulls through

[Yoshie]

Hope he pulls through

[MF Cunt]

f*ck cancer

[mark_INIESTA_davies]

Just one story after another at the minute.

Sad news.

Get Well soon Petrov!

[Guest petercrotch]

Leukemia is very very serious .

Doesn't look good

[Mame Biram Diouf]

Just one story after another at the minute.

Sad news.

Get Well soon Petrov!

[The Infamous]

GET WELL SOON

Crazy condition

[Wavant]

Damn

Get well soon

(null)

[Lenny]

Hope he pulls through

[MrJibbles]

Just heard about this soon as I walked through the door.

Terrible news, hoping for the best with Petrov.

[Fighting Weight]

Very sad to hear.

Hope he pulls though........acute Lukemia...that's very very bad though.

[Fighting Weight]

Think he will die :S

[Fighting Weight]

(I doom mongered Muamba and that turned out well...but this is some serious sh*t)

[HangTheDJ]

I know it's not a time to speculate but it doesn't sound good.

Absolutely horrible news. I know our Club and supporters will be with him all the way and we can do as much as we can to aid the recovery process.

The game tomorrow goes ahead at the insistence of Petrov, which is a measure of the man. Will be a strange atmosphere.

UTV.

[Haze-e]

Crazy. Hope he can pull through.

[Da Luv Doc]

Very deep. Hope he overcomes this.

[Afroman]

Hope he pulls through

[Trim]

Crazy. Hope he can pull through.

[Sinister]

Hope he pulls through.

[nem kid]

GWS Petrov

[Zizouz]

good news

"It is with great delight that we can confirm on behalf of our long-standing captain, Stiliyan Petrov, that Stan's acute leukaemia is in remission," said an official Villa statement.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19101746