3 weeks ago
Content warning: This article contains chat astir termination and depression.
Former England world Stephen Warnock says he considered termination aft taking mediocre financial advice.
The 42-year-old pundit made 550 appearances for 10 clubs and earned 2 caps for England earlier retiring successful 2018.
Warnock says "ill-advised" financial proposal near him depressed and pinch suicidal thoughts.
"I'd contemplated taking my ain life astatine 1 stage. I was successful truthful overmuch of a rut," Warnock told Sky Sports., external
"I didn't slumber decently for six years disconnected nan backmost of that [financial advice]. I was going backmost into training each greeting connected possibly 3 hours' sleep."
The breakdown of Warnock's matrimony coincided pinch his retirement, while location was a play successful which he did not spot his children.
Warnock, who had stints astatine Liverpool, Aston Villa and Blackburn Rovers successful nan Premier League, said his financial difficulties led to him postponing retirement, arsenic he needed to proceed earning money.
Warnock added that successful nan last years of his profession he became "frustrated" pinch shot and "lost nan buzz" arsenic he dropped down nan leagues.
"Now I look backmost astatine it and deliberation 'wow, I was massively depressed for years'. I retired astatine 35. I astir apt retired mentally astatine 31," he said.
It was not until a chance gathering pinch an aged friend, who was training to go a counsellor, that Warnock started to position his profession and life differently.
"He told maine I looked a messiness connected TV, and sounded it - and he said he'd make maine consciousness amended wrong 2 weeks. I dug deep, location were a batch of tears, location was a batch of honesty," said Warnock.
"I retrieve coming disconnected that call, and reasoning I felt truthful different wrong 1 session. It was for illustration a fix, I needed it."
He added: "I started engaging much pinch my kids, they could announcement a quality successful me, and I started to get a consciousness of looking backmost connected my profession and not being disappointed successful it.
"It put a affirmative rotation connected it, made maine realised what I'd achieved successful my career."
Warnock said his friend later told him he could spot nan quality successful his sound and really he looked connected TV because of his increasing confidence.
He added: "I felt truthful proud, because I knew really overmuch I'd been through. It was 1 of nan champion moments of my life."
