Former Tottenham star Nabil Bentaleb has been hospitalized with a mystery illness. The 29-year-old Algerian midfielder fell ill on Tuesday. His current club, Lille, confirmed his hospitalization at Lille University Hospital and expressed support for his recovery.

A statement from Lille read: “LOSC informs that Nabil Bentaleb suffered from illness on the evening of Tuesday, June 18. The player was immediately taken into care and sent to Lille University Hospital for hospitalization. LOSC accompanies Nabil as closely as possible during this ordeal and gives him all its support. The club also calls for greater respect for the private life of its player.”

The nature of Bentaleb’s illness remains unclear. Bentaleb, who has 43 caps for Algeria, joined Lille from Angers last August and made 34 appearances last season, helping them to a fourth-place finish. Bentaleb began his career at Tottenham, making 66 appearances before moving to Schalke and later to Angers. He had a brief loan spell at Newcastle in 2020.

Nabil Bentaleb

This season he played in total 26 times for 1967 minutes for Ligue 1.

Nabil Bentaleb didn’t score any goal for LOSC Lille. He procured 3 assists. He received 7 yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 3rd in Ligue 1. In the last match LOSC Lille drew 2-2 against Nice.

LOSC Lille performance and stats

LOSC Lille is currently 3rd in the Ligue 1 with 58 points.

In the last 34 games, it has won 16 times, drawn 11 times, and lost 7 times. In its last match, LOSC Lille drawn 2-2 against Nice.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 50 goals and conceding 32.​