Samuel Eto'o 'had a huge fight with Kevin De Bruyne' and Jose Mourinho 'made Mo Salah cry': Chelsea old guard reveal how they lost two superstars Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The 1998–99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. Harpenden: Queen Anne Press. p.352. ISBN 978-1-85291-588-9. I was injured in September 1994 and, at a loose end, ran up enormous debts in a vicious circle: place a bet, snort a line, sink a can of beer. Rinse and repeat. I was frightened of Lorraine finding out and did my best to avoid her. The only solution, my brain was telling me, was to kill myself. Fair play to Paul Merson for being so honest here. There's no hiding, he owns it and talks extremely frankly about the his drink, drugs and gambling issues. Watching the news was blowing my mind and addiction talks to you, 'you're not getting out of this'.

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brave ... visceral ... a brilliant, brilliant read ... I would recommend this book to everyone.' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio 5 Live Drive To Survive producers 'are pitching a behind-the-scenes boxing show to Netflix starring the CEO of Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing' Cristiano Ronaldo's 13-year-old son 'will start training with Al-Nassr's U15 side', with youngster aiming to follow in his father's footsteps Manny Pacquiao confirms that he is 'working' on a fight with Amir Khan to take place next year... and also hopes to compete at the Paris OlympicsFootage of Kylian Mbappe slow clapping Man City striker Erling Haaland at the Ballon d'Or awards leaves fans in stitches as he cuts a glum figure I’ll always treasure Gazza’s friendship. I just hope the penny drops one day and he thinks: ‘I’ve had enough of this.’ Lorraine and I married in the summer of 1990, but I spent my wedding night in a foul mood because I’d lost thousands betting on a World Cup match.

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Can you recognise these sports stars in their Halloween costumes?Man United's Dark Knight, a Euros-winning... Undoubtedly a gifted footballer, Merse played on George Graham's title winning side with Tony Adams, Michael Thomas, Lee Dixon David Rocastle et al. He spent many years at Arsenal, played for England under Graham Taylor and Glen Hoddle but was shown the door by Terry Venables. He went to play for Boro with Gaza, Villa and of course has a few good stories to tell playing for Harry Rednapp at Portsmouth.Unai Emery shares touching moment with Dean Smith and tells the ex-Aston Villa boss 'thank you for everything' as they reflect on club's form Man United's Dark Knight, a Euros-winning pirate, the Super Mario LIV golfer and a Lionesses legend as the terrifying Pennywise - can you recognise these sporting stars in their Halloween costumes? Harry the petrolhead! Duke of Sussex looks cool in aviators as he goes behind-the-scenes at the US Grand Prix ahead of the Circuit of The Americas Paul went on to confirm that he has "a thing called game ban" on his phone to ensure he can't gamble on his mobile. I even swerved a home European match with ‘tonsillitis’ because I was scared that Uefa competitions had mandatory drugs tests.

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Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning and Paul Merson to discuss the former footballer’s new book Hooked Will Ferrell calls Ryan Reynolds a 'dodgy Canadian' as he meets the Hollywood star's Wrexham players, while touring the Welsh side's stadiumMerson first played for the England national team in 1991, being called up by Graham Taylor. He made his debut for the full England side, in a friendly against Germany on 11 September 1991. He participated in the 1992 European Championships in Sweden. He played in the opening 0–0 draw with Denmark. England went out after another 0–0 draw against the French and a 2–1 loss to hosts Sweden. Luis Diaz breaks his silence after the Liverpool star's father was kidnapped in Colombia... as a march is held to call for his release amid an ongoing search by the military and police Chelsea organise free coach travel for their fans heading to Wolves for controversial first Christmas Eve Premier League fixture since 1995 Chaytor, Rod (25 March 2006). "The Fall and Fall of Paul Merson". Daily Mirror. Archived from the original on 17 September 2011 . Retrieved 6 December 2013. Merson pauses as he begins to cry. He shakes his head. “It was…” The words are choked by his tears. He tries again. “It was…” His mouth crumples, and I apologise. “No, don’t worry,” Merson manages to say.