The ex-Liverpool, Rangers, and Scotland midfielder was inspired to raise money for charity after spending time with a teenage girl living with a rare skin condition.
Former footballer and Sky Sports pundit Graeme Souness has completed a charity swim across the English Channel.and Rangers legend undertook the 21-mile challenge for the charity Debra UK, which supports patients living with a rare condition that causes painful, blistering skin.
With the help of five friends who also did the swim on Sunday, the Scot has so far raised more than £1m.He said he was inspired to take on the challenge after spending time with a 14-year-old girl who has the condition, called epidermolysis bullosa. Isla Grist has recessive dystrophic EB, a form of the condition that causes the skin to become extremely fragile, often with extensive 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 said. "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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