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ENGLAND manager Gareth Southgate is taking part in a study looking at the potential links between dementia and playing the game, and has called on other former professionals to join him.
Southgate, 50, has volunteered to be part of the Heading study at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which is backed by the Football Association (FA) and funded by the Drake Foundation.
The potential link between increased risk of neurodegenerative disorder and a career in the game has been highlighted again in recent months following confirmation of England World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton’s dementia diagnosis, along with the death of his brother Jack and their 1966 teammate Nobby Stiles, who had both been suffering with dementia when they died.