![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/prince-william-hails-brave-and-inspirational-dele-alli-after-everton-stars-interview/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1_The-Coronation-Of-Their-Majesties-King-Charles-III-And-Queen-Camilla-Windsor-Castle-Concert.jpg&description=Everton midfielder and former Tottenham star Dele Alli opened up on his childhood trauma and continued struggles as a professional footballer in a moving interview with Gary Neville Prince William has praised Dele Alli for opening up on his struggles with mental health and childhood trauma which he bravely revealed in an interview with Gary Neville. Alli, 27, said that he'd been molested as a six-year-old and sold drugs when he was only eight, all while his biological mother battled an alcohol addiction. The Everton midfielder was adopted at the age of 12 and upon becoming a professional football continued to battle issues. Alli recently checked himself into rehab due to an addiction to sleeping tablets and having returned to Everton for pre-season training following a troubled loan spell in Turkey, sat down with Neville for a conversation which has seen him hailed by the likes of Harry Kane and Gary Lineker for his courage in talking about such difficult issues. The Prince of Wales is among them and tweeted alongside a clip of the emotional interview: "Brave and inspirational, Dele. Discussing mental health is not a sign of weakness. Let's keep the conversation going. We're all with you and we wish you the very best. W." Former Manchester United captain Neville himself had wrote when sharing the clip: "I'm struggling to find the words to put with this post but please watch my most recent interview with Dele. It's the most emotional, difficult yet inspirational conversation I've ever had in my life." Speaking on The Overlap, Alli revealed: "It is something I haven't really spoken about. There were a few instances. At six, I was molested." Neville, who coached Dele during his time as an England international, immediately teared up and comforted the midfielder, saying: "You don't need to be sorry. "I feel the fact you are now opening up will make people realise this is something that has been stored inside you, caged, for 15-20 years." Alli later revealed he was sent){kind=link}
Everton midfielder and former Tottenham star Dele Alli opened up on his childhood trauma and continued struggles as a professional footballer in a moving interview with Gary Neville
Prince William has praised Dele Alli for opening up on his struggles with mental health and childhood trauma which he bravely revealed in an interview with Gary Neville.
Alli, 27, said that he’d been molested as a six-year-old and sold drugs when he was only eight, all while his biological mother battled an alcohol addiction. The Everton midfielder was adopted at the age of 12 and upon becoming a professional football continued to battle issues.
Alli recently checked himself into rehab due to an addiction to sleeping tablets and having returned to Everton for pre-season training following a troubled loan spell in Turkey, sat down with Neville for a conversation which has seen him hailed by the likes of Harry Kane and Gary Lineker for his courage in talking about such difficult issues.
The Prince of Wales is among them and tweeted alongside a clip of the emotional interview: “Brave and inspirational, Dele. Discussing mental health is not a sign of weakness. Let’s keep the conversation going. We’re all with you and we wish you the very best. W.”