Reportedly has a tumour in his liver. Due to be removed on Friday. According to SidLowe on Twitter.
Eric Abidal
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Just read that. Thoughts are with him if true hope the surgery goes according to plan.
All the best Eric!
Yikes. Best of luck to him.
Is it cancerous?
Is it cancerous?
Poor lad.
Jesus, best wishes to him.
Yep, beyond rumour now.
All the best to the lad. Hope he pulls through OK.
All the best to the lad. Hope he pulls through OK.
They just said this on FSC, my best wishes to him.
Good luck to him. Top player.
Nothing's been said on that. It's so sudden - he played at the weekend - that the diagnosis may come after the surgery. The club/player are asking that the press respect his privacy.
Terrible 
Let 's pray for him
Let 's pray for him
Get well Eric,
you'll be back to dominating in no time.
you'll be back to dominating in no time.
Sad news, is a good player. Hopefully he pulls through.
That's terrible. He was magnificent against Arsenal too. Horrible to think what was going on inside him at the time
awful news, here's hoping that you pull through mate
a terrific, and very humble, footballer
a terrific, and very humble, footballer
Jesus, that's horrible, hope the op is a success.
Horrible news, but I can't help but wish he'd been diagnosed a week ago.
Best of luck to him on the surgery, hope it isn't cancerous.
Brilliant defender. Hope he pulls through what must be a difficult time for him and his family.
All the best Eric, hopefully its been discovered early and he makes a speedy and full recovery.
At least he will get the best treatment possible. Hope the surgery goes well for him and he makes a full recovery.
Guillem ballague tweeting it's benign and a common procedure and he should be back in 5 or 6 weeks.
Fantastic news.
Get well soon Abidal.
All the best
Horrible news for a great player at the very very top of the game
all the best
For once I hope he's guessed right - because the Spanish press are saying they won't know for sure until they do the surgery.
His surgery's been brought forward to tomorrow (Thursday)
This and Robson on the same day - nasty day.
Don't want to sound glib but if this tosser is saying it's benign then I would fear the worst.
Indeed! Horrible news. I hope they both get back on the mend asap. All the best to them!
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What does this mean in practice?
Is it serious, or straightforward surgery?
Is it serious, or straightforward surgery?
all the best Eric
No, they won't be a 100% sure until they do surgery but there are a number of tests they can do beforehand which will give them a pretty reasonable idea of what they're dealing with.
If he says it's benign that's good news, because it means that the results of the tests they've conducted so far have indicated that.
(Presuming his info is from a reliable source here).
Best wishes to him and his family, I'm sure he's strong enough to fight it and make a full comeback.
All the best to both Robson & Abidal.
Just to close this bit of the story.
Banned from coming out before the game in T-Shirts with a "get well soon" message, the players put them on at the end of the match.
Madrid stuck a message to him on the scoreboards around the ground before the game
and the crowd gave him a standing ovation.
Have to admit, I was geniunely surprised by that. That was top class by those cnuts, particularly because you'd never see us wishing Steven Gerrard to get well soon, or you'd never see Liverpool wishing the same on Rooney. Different cultures I guess...
And theirs is the way it should be.
All the best to Abidal, hope he gets well as soon as possible!