Liverpool legend John Toshack hits back at son after claiming he has dementia
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John Toshack has come out and rejected suggestions he has dementia after his son had claimed the ex-Liverpool and Wales player been diagnosed with the diseaseLiverpool and Wales football icon John Toshack has laughed off his son’s claims he has been diagnosed with dementia. The 77-year-old’s wife Mai Angulo admitted yesterday Thailand-based Cameron Toshack’s revelations about his dad’s “dementia battle” had left her astonished.Confessing Covid had left him with severe physical and mental after-effects, she told Spanish daily El Diario Vasco in an interview: “Cameron only knows what he talks about very occasionally on the phone with his father.
Not yet!” He joked: “I’ve forgotten all the goals I missed but I remember perfectly the ones I scored.”READ MORE: John Toshack's wife hits out after his son shared Liverpool legend's dementia diagnosisREAD MORE: Liverpool legend John Toshack diagnosed with dementia as son shares heartbreaking updateEl Mundo also published footage of the football legend, who played more than 200 matches with Cardiff City before winning nine trophies during an eight-year career with the Reds, reciting the famous team selection quote he made history with following a calamitous Real Madrid away match against Rayo Vallecano when he was managing the Spanish giants.Laughing and looking relaxed in a Real Sociedad tracksuit as he sat in the sun, John said: “On Mondays I always think I’ll make ten changes to the team. I’ve been with him and he maintains the spark he became known for in clubs like Real Madrid and Real Sociedad.”He added: “The former manager takes advantage of a risotto and cheesecake lunch to tease his wife about things he doesn’t remember between glasses of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, and then wink at the guests before flashing another smile.”Cameron, Toshack’s son from an earlier marriage to Susan Bann, claimed in an interview with the Daily Mail earlier this week his dad was battling dementia.He said: “It’s a terrible disease.
It’s the short-term memory where we’re seeing it – I speak to him most days and if we chat in the afternoon, he might not remember that we also spoke in the morning. He always says that he was out of this world for more than ten days and that when, thank God, he came back, he didn’t understand anything.“He didn’t know what was happening to him or where he was.