Kevin Keegan makes his cancer stage public

LONDON: Former England player Kevin Keegan has made his current cancer stage public, sharing the updates for the first time during a live talks show continued with sports journalist Pete Graves.

He shared that his cancer is in stage four as of now, meaning that it is the most advanced stage of the disease. This also means that the cancer has now spread to other parts of the body as well.

It was January, 2026, when the legend’s family unveiled that the 75-year-old was battling with the cancer and had “further evaluation of ongoing abdominal symptoms” in hospital, BBC News cited.

Keegan appeared on Pete Graves’s show “An Audience with Kevin Keegan” that went viral on Sunday, May 31 at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House.

“They said we have a top doctor with this new way of fighting what you have got. Which is stage four cancer,” Keegan said at the event.

The football world has since rallied around the two-time European footballer of the year, who has been undergoing treatment in recent months.

Keega was handed an emotional standing ovation as he returned to Newcastle for a live event.

During the talks he said, “I was in a car accident and, through that, I had to have an operation,” the ex-Newcastle United forward and manager said on stage at the Tyne Theatre and Opera House.

“Whilst having the scan for the operation, they found out I had cancer. They said they had an absolute top doctor for fighting what you have got, which is stage four cancer.

“So I went to meet him. He’s a Liverpool supporter so I knew I wouldn’t walk alone.

“He said, ‘Kevin, this new treatment, I’ve got a tremendous strike rate’. I said, ‘What’s your strike rate?’ He said, ’33 per cent’. I thought it would be 80 per cent, 90 per cent. 33 per cent!

“I’m still here at the moment.”

His illustrious career as a player included a joyful experience by playing at Scunthorpe United, Liverpool, Hamburg, Southampton and Newcastle.

He later went on to have stints in charge of Newcastle, Fulham, England and Man City as a manager.