Former Liverpool and Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has died
Alex Manninger has died(Image: 2016 Liverpool FC)
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Former Liverpool goalkeeper Alex Manninger has died in a car accident at 48 years old. Reports in Austria claim that his car was struck by a train at an unguarded level crossing in the municipality of Nußdorf am Haunsberg.
The shot-stopper trained with Liverpool to maintain match fitness while he looked for a club after leaving Augsburg in 2016. He signed a one-year deal with the Reds in July that year but did not make any competitive appearances before retiring in May 2017.
Manninger made 64 appearances for Arsenal between 1997 and 2002, helping the Gunners secure the Double in 1998 after excelling when he stepped in for the injured David Seaman. The Austrian also spent several years in Spain and Italy, including a spell with Juventus.
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