Graeme Souness: Former Liverpool great taken to hospital as Jeff Stelling sends 'get well' message on Soccer Saturday

Souness has been working with Sky Sports since leaving Newcastle in 2006

Graeme Souness is being treated in hospital after being admitted on Friday, with no update made available over his condition.

62-year-old Souness, who played for Liverpool and went on to manage the club after his retirement, is receiving treatment in a hospital in Bournemouth close to his home in Poole, Dorset.

Souness’s Sky Sports colleague, Jeff Stelling, opened Saturday’s edition of Soccer Saturday with the message: “"Souey, if you're watching, get well very quickly.”

The former midfielder was capped 54 times for Scotland, but it was with Liverpool that he excelled as he helped the Merseyside club to five English league title and three European Cups during a period of unrivalled success.

After leaving for Italy, Souness also won the Coppa Italia title with Sampdoria before hanging up his boots.

Turning his hand to management, Souness won the Scottish league title three times with Rangers along with four League Cup successes, before he returned to Anfield to win the 1992 League Cup.

Souness has been working with Sky Sports since leaving Newcastle (Getty Images)

Souness then moved on to Turkey, where he took charge of Galatasaray and won two domestic cups as well as famously planting the Galatasaray flag in the centre of the pitch at fierce rivals Fenerbahce in 1996.

He returned to England to take charge of Southampton before spells with Torino and Benfica, and he led Blackburn Rovers to the League Cup in 2002, before his last managerial role proved to be an ill-fated one with Newcastle United.

Since leaving St James’ Park, Souness has worked for both Sky Sports and Irish broadcasters RTE as a football pundit.