Former Canadian international star Paul James lives in difficult circumstances in the English capital, London, and has become homeless despite his successful professional career, which saw his brilliance at the 1986 World Cup.
And the British newspaper “Daily Mail” published a report on its site, through which it told the tragic story of a player who attended all of Canada’s matches at the World Cup in Mexico.
Paul James started all of Canada’s national team games in the group stage of the 1986 World Cup, and his country lost on penalties to Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 1984 Olympics.
And the ‘Daily Mail’ said the Canadian player, born in Wales, unemployed for 13 years and homeless for six years, moved to Britain from Canada before the Corona virus outbreak, and Paul James believes he having faced discrimination in his country due to his use of cocaine.
A few months ago he found shelter in a hostel, was in a rat-infested room, slept on pieces of cardboard on the streets of London, and before that he was on the streets of Toronto.
He is currently on the streets of the Embankment in the English capital as a beggar, and in this regard he said: I raise money to be independent, to restore some semblance of normal life, so I can wear my clothes and shoes, not used clothes.
The British newspaper asked why the Cardiff-born former footballer, World Cup and Olympic Games participant, who has a successful career as a coach, analyst and columnist, who holds a degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and a masters in administration University of Liverpool’s corporate football team, asked Ending up on the streets of London?
James pointed out that he first smoked cocaine in 1998, and subsequently suffered from a drug abuse problem, and had not been able to communicate with anyone for a long time, and hadn’t seen his family for 4 years, his mother died last June, but he only found out about it two months ago.
Interestingly, James retired from international football due to his involvement in a corruption scandal during a tournament held in Singapore, a few months after the World Cup.
