Football legend George Best's family are gathered round his bedside tonight as the football legend fought for his life.
Best, 59, has been visited by his son, sisters and brothers, as he struggles to survive on a life support machine.
He was placed on the ventilator in the early hours of this morning after he developed a serious lung infection at the Cromwell Hospital, west London.
Tonight the hospital's spokesman, Jeffrey Brandon said Best remained in a serious but stable condition in intensive care.
He said: "He's stable but remains critical. He is still on the life support machine. They have been able to withdraw one of the medicines he was on but he still remains critical."
This afternoon Dr Akeel Alisa, assistant to Professor Roger Williams, who has been treating Best, said they were doing everything they could to help the former footballer.
The former Manchester United and Northern Ireland player was admitted to the hospital on October 1 suffering from flu-like infections. His health deteriorated rapidly at the beginning of this month when he developed a kidney infection.
But his condition was thought to be improving until yesterday when Professor Williams announced he had suffered a big setback and had developed a severe lung infection.
Click below to read a recent eircom League Focus covering the period that George Best spent with Cork Celtic.
