- Mark Boschnich says it was a time bomb
- Robbie Slater told Boschnich to seek medical attention
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Manchester United and Premier League champion Mark Bosnich believes his renewed friendship with Socceroos team-mate Robbie Slater has saved his life.
When Bosch, 52, started feeling chest pains last week, Slater told him to go to the doctor immediately.
Boschnich had become concerned after finishing a workout and feeling unusual pains below his throat.
Slater, Stan Sport football commentator Max Rushden and Bosnich’s mother encouraged him to seek urgent medical attention.
Boschnich was told he had a 70 percent blockage in an artery in his heart and shortly afterward he had surgery to install a stent.
Mark Boschnich says his rekindled friendship with Robbie Slater has saved his life
Slater, who has known Boschnich for almost 40 years, told him to seek medical attention.
“Without a checkup, it was a ticking time bomb,” Boschnich said. news corporation.
‘If I hadn’t had the tests, for the next 12 to 18 months I would have been in great distress.
‘If I hadn’t had it checked, it could have been serious. It was certainly a wake-up call, especially when you’re over 50. “I am very grateful to Robbie, my mother and Max.”
Slater also talked about Slater’s health problem.
‘Bozza’ told me twice that he had chest pains,” Slater said.
—I told him to hang up the phone immediately and have his heart checked.
“I told him not to waste his time and just go and get an angiogram. He said, ‘You’re right, I’m leaving.’
He compared it to a time bomb. The big story here is that he went and they reviewed it. Many men wouldn’t do it.
Boschnich (pictured) won the Premier League title with Manchester United in 2000.
Slater (pictured) won the Premier League title with Blackburn Rovers in 1995.
Slater and Boschnich recently patched up their friendship after falling out in 2022.
“We have consequences all the time,” Boschnich said.
‘Robbie and I have patched things up. We talk to each other again seven times a day.
“I’ve known Robbie for almost 40 years, for God’s sake.”
Boschnich returned to work on Friday of last week after his operation.
The goalkeeper, who dated model Sophie Anderton during his playing days in England, married his long-term partner Sara Jones in a lavish wedding ceremony last year.
The Australian’s former United teammate, Dwight Yorke, was at his side as best man.
Boschnich and Jones, 35, have been together for 12 years and faced a long wait for their happy day as they got engaged in 2018.
The couple has two children together, Allegra, 10, and Cassius, five; who participated in the wedding party.
