Paul Gascoigne was rushed to hospital after he was found semi-conscious in his bedroom on Friday.

The former England midfielder was first admitted to an intensive care ward but later moved to an acute medical unit, according to The Sun.

Gascoigne’s condition has now been described as stable but he is expected to remain in hospital for several days for treatment.

The former Rangers and Spurs player was found collapsed in the bedroom of his home in Poole, Dorset by Steve Foster, his friend and personal assistant, who drove him to hospital.

Foster told The Sun: “Paul is in hospital, which is the best possible place for him to be right now.”

He added that Gascoigne, 58, would “like to thank everyone for the support he’s received so far from so many old friends who wish him well and want to see him back to his best.”

Gascoigne’s company, Gazza8 Limited, was struck off and dissolved this month when it failed to file records on time.Gascoigne was considered one of England’s most talented football players, known for his on-field brilliance as among the greatest playmakers of his generation, while also remembered for his turbulent life off the pitch.He was capped 57 times for England, scoring ten goals for his country between 1988 and 1999.Bianca Gascoigne, his daughter and a reality TV star, as well as some of Gascoigne’s former footballer friends, including Chris Waddle, Paul Merson and Vinnie Jones, were said to have been informed of his condition.In May, Gascoigne told The Mirror he felt better than he had “in years” and hoped he could look back on his life with a positive perspective.Last year he had revealed on the High Performance podcast that he was struggling with alcohol addiction and had attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.Gascoigne told the podcast: “If I want to make it a bad day, I’ll go in the pub … I used to be a happy drunk: I ain’t any more, I’m a sad drunk … I don’t go out and drink, I’ll drink indoors.”