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Some managers that care about the player. but the club, in general, they not care about the mental health. if youre not good enough, theyre going to buy another player. lets talk about one other aspect of the pressures you are under. being a black footballer, facing vile outright racism. perhaps most striking early in your career when you were in italy, when it wasnt even just coming from the stands, from the crowd, it was even coming from some of your own team—mates. i think they have these h...

We are like toys, product, you need to perform, if youre not feeling well. but you have different manager like i had, for example, alex ferguson, he would support right now, straight away, if im not feeling well. because youve got some managers that care about the player. but the club, in general, they not care about the mental health. if youre not good enough, theyre going to buy another player. lets talk about one other aspect of the pressures you are under. being a black footballer, facing vi...

They like to say because they use the term nero, instead of black, it doesnt mean the n word. its fine, i was like mum gave me a name, she didnt call me a colour, if you call me nero, i will call you white. you know, it doesnt make any sense. i didnt let this happen. but also that story when i just learned and it was a man with his son and they look at me. i was like ok, im already famous. and they come close to me and asked for a picture. i was surprised. and his son start touching my skin. he ...