Real Madrid legend Alfredo Di Stefano has been discharged from hospital following a quadruple by-pass operation late last year.

The 79-year-old Argentine-born Spaniard left hospital having been fitted with a pacemaker and accompanied by family members.

The 1957 and 1959 European Footballer of the Year who won five consecutive European Cups from 1956 to 1960, suffered a heart attack on Christmas Eve.

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