Kenny Sansom is able to talk and is 'in good spirits' after being diagnosed with a brain disorder and a form of dementia.
It was announced on Monday that the former England international is suffering from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome — a brain disorder often linked to alcoholism — and has left hospital to continue his recovery from a condition which his family called 'reversible and treatable'.
A statement on the 62-year-old's website on Tuesday said: 'Kenny Sansom is out of hospital and continuing the early stages of recovery from Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, a condition also known as "wet brain".