Football must get to grips with mental health, says Rose
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England’s Danny Rose says football has a long way to go to get to grips with mental health issues, revealing a club interested in signing him first wanted to make sure he was not “crazy”.
The Tottenham left-back, 28, opened up about his struggles with depression in the build-up to the 2018 World Cup, an illness that was triggered by a significant knee injury and the death of a close family member.
Following his revelation, a club considering signing him said they wanted to meet him to check on his mental state.
He told the BBC One documentary, ‘A Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health’: “I think there’s still a long way to go in football because in the summer I was speaking to another club, and they said, ‘The club would like to meet you, just to check that you’re not crazy’-because of what I’d said and what I’d been through.
England’s Danny Rose says football has a long way to go to get to grips with mental health issues, revealing a club interested in signing him first wanted to make sure he was not “crazy”.
The Tottenham left-back, 28, opened up about his struggles with depression in the build-up to the 2018 World Cup, an illness that was triggered by a significant knee injury and the death of a close family member.
Following his revelation, a club considering signing him said they wanted to meet him to check on his mental state.
He told the BBC One documentary, ‘A Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health’: “I think there’s still a long way to go in football because in the summer I was speaking to another club, and they said, ‘The club would like to meet you, just to check that you’re not crazy’-because of what I’d said and what I’d been through.