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The former midfielder of Liverpool and the English team Terry McDermott, winner of three European cups (1977, 1978, 1981), announced on Saturday that suffered from dementia.
The 69-year-old ex-footballer reported on the Liverpool website that he was going through the first stages of the disease, according to tests carried out at the hospital.
“I have to take it and I will. I was raised like this. Nothing has come easily to me, “he explained. McDermott on the website of the ‘Reds‘.
“I’m not afraid to take it and also, as has been seen, there are many other players in a much worse state than mine, “he said.
This announcement is in addition to the one made by the former Scottish striker Denis Law, prominent Manchester United footballer in the 1960s with 237 goals in 404 games and that he said Thursday that he had Alzheimer and dementia.
“The worst was, until I was diagnosed with the disease, not knowing what he had“, revealed McDermott. “The number of former players with dementia or Alzheimer’s it’s shocking, “he added.
With 81 goals in 329 games with the Liverpool between 1974 and 1982, McDermott is a club legend with whom he also won a UEFA Cup (1976) and five leagues of England (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980 and 1982).
The ex-footballer also wore 25 times the national team jersey English.
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