Graeme Souness raises greater than £1m for Debra UK charity after finishing Channel swim

Former footballer and Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness has accomplished a charity swim throughout the English Channel.

The 70-year-old Liverpool and Rangers legend undertook the 21-mile problem for the charity Debra UK, which helps sufferers residing with a uncommon situation that causes painful, blistering pores and skin.

With the assistance of 5 pals who additionally did the swim on Sunday, the Scot has to date raised greater than £1m.

He mentioned he was impressed to tackle the problem after spending time with a 14-year-old woman who has the situation, referred to as epidermolysis bullosa.

Isla Grist has recessive dystrophic EB, a type of the situation that causes the pores and skin to grow to be extraordinarily fragile, usually with intensive blistering and wounds.

“From the time I have spent with Isla and her family, I have seen first-hand the extreme pain this devastating condition causes and the daily challenges it creates,” Souness mentioned.

“I wanted to do something that could make a difference to Isla’s life and to the lives of so many others living with EB, and the slightly crazy idea of swimming the English Channel was suggested.”

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Among those that did the swim with Souness was Isla’s father, Andy.

The group accomplished the problem in 12 hours and 17 minutes, in accordance with Debra UK’s Twitter web page.

Souness, who left Sky Sports at the end of last season, had set a fundraising goal of £1.1m, which he appeared all however assured to surpass on Sunday night time.