Dele Alli: Everton midfielder says he was sexually abused aged six

Dele Alli spoke to Gary Neville successful an affectional interrogation connected The Overlap

Warning: Contains distressing details of intersexual maltreatment and kid cruelty.

In an affectional interrogation with erstwhile England footballer Gary Neville, Alli revealed the abused helium suffered arsenic a kid earlier helium was adopted aged 12.

He said helium was "molested" aged six, started smoking aged 7 and was dealing drugs astatine 8 years old.

Alli, 27, precocious spent six weeks successful rehab due to the fact that of a sleeping pill addiction and intelligence wellness issues.

One of football's brightest young talents, Alli was portion of the England squad that reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup and helped Tottenham scope the Champions League last successful 2019.

However, his signifier dipped and helium near Spurs to articulation Everton successful February 2022 earlier going connected a indebtedness spell to Turkish broadside Besiktas past season.

Alli, who earned the past of his 37 England caps successful 2019, returned to Everton astatine the extremity of past play due to the fact that of injury.

"When I came backmost from Turkey, I recovered retired I needed an cognition and I was successful a atrocious spot mentally," he told The Overlap.

"I decided to spell to a modern time rehab installation for intelligence health. They woody with addiction, intelligence wellness and trauma.

"I felt similar it was clip for me. With things similar that, you can't beryllium told to spell there. You person to cognize and marque the determination yourself oregon it's not going to work. I was caught successful a atrocious cycle. I was relying connected things that were doing maine harm."

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