Rio Ferdinand breaks silence on health scare that left him hospitalised and feeling like his 'eyes were going to pop out' as he missed Man United and Arsenal punditry duty

Rio Ferdinand has breached his soundlessness connected a wellness scare that near him hospitalised for a fig of days and saw him miss punditry work for the 2nd legs of the caller European semi-finals. 

The issue, which Mail Sport understands besides affected different members of Ferdinand's family, resulted successful the erstwhile Manchester United defender undergoing a encephalon scan and being offered an ambulance.

Ahead of Arsenal's decision by Paris Saint-Germain successful the 2nd limb of their European clash, Ferdinand shared a selfie from his infirmary furniture with 1 thumb up. He explained helium would miss the crippled earlier besides sitting retired Manchester United's location crippled against Athletic Bilbao connected Thursday.

Ferdinand has been a regular portion of TNT's European sum successful caller years, and has often been a co-commentator for United's games. Robbie Savage joined Darren Fletcher astatine Old Trafford, with Martin Keown besides stepping up successful the week.

While his employers wished him well, Ferdinand was coy connected his concern and didn't talk connected it until this week, erstwhile helium opened up connected the latest occurrence of Rio Ferdinand Presents.

The 46-year-old went into item astir however helium struggled successful his bed, vomited and was successful infirmary for a fig of days earlier heading home.

'My wife, the women successful my family, volition ne'er know… antheral flu,' helium archetypal jokes. 'That's what it's truly about, antheral flu.

He past continued: 'I had a huffy virus, bro. I thought lights were retired astatine immoderate point, I thought it was gonna happen. I thought I was minutes distant from lights out, seriously.

'I was successful my house, I was successful my furniture similar this [pained expression] and I couldn't adjacent unfastened my eyes.

'Then, the headache I had… I don't get migraines oregon thing other truthful I don't cognize what they're like. I thought my caput was successful a vice and my eyes were going to popular out.

'Then, I was being sick, projectile vomiting successful the toilet, I got backmost to furniture and I was having vertigo. I was holding onto the sheets, I didn't cognize wherever I was. It was crazy.'

Ferdinand past went to hospital, and revealed helium went into a authorities of panic erstwhile the doc mentioned a encephalon scan and offered him an ambulance.

He was good capable to station connected societal media from his infirmary furniture - sharing a selfie and giving his sentiment connected the punishment PSG were awarded against Arsenal - but wasn't taking immoderate chances with an aboriginal exit.

'I had to spell to infirmary and the doc adjacent said to me, "Do you privation an ambulance"?' helium continued. 'So that's erstwhile I knew.'

'He went, "We're going to get your encephalon scanned". I thought it was a microorganism oregon a flu oregon thing truthful erstwhile helium mentioned encephalon scan and the ambulance, the panic was nuts.

'I went to infirmary and I was successful determination for a fewer days. I couldn't adjacent bask the infirmary food. The crockery and the crystal pick usually does wonders.'

Ferdinand was past portion of TNT Sports' sum of Aston Villa's 1-0 triumph implicit Fulham in Birmingham past Saturday, but could instrumentality to screens this weekend.

The erstwhile defender received immoderate disapproval for his commentary during United's melodramatic quarter-final comeback triumph against Lyon past month, with legendary broadcaster Clive Tyldesley claiming Ferdinand and Robbie Savage celebrating the Red Devils' precocious goals made the sum akin to a instrumentality channel.

TNT Sports and Ferdinand's representatives were been approached for comment.