Lille midfielder Nabil Bentaleb has been hospitalized in France after falling ill.
The 29-year-old Algeria international, who began his senior career at Tottenham in 2013, transferred to Lille from Angers last year, where he made 34 appearances.
Lille released a statement confirming that Bentaleb was “promptly attended to and sent for hospitalization.”
The club added: “LOSC [Lille] accompanies Nabil as closely as possible during this ordeal and gives him all its support.”
Bentaleb spent three years at Spurs, making 46 Premier League appearances, before joining Schalke in 2017.
“We’re sending you all our love and best wishes, Nabil. Everyone at the club is with you,” Spurs said on social media.
Bentaleb, who also had a loan spell at Newcastle in 2020, has 52 caps and five goals for Algeria, having made his international debut in 2014.
The Algerian Football Federation wished Bentaleb “a speedy recovery” in statement on social media.