‘Something needs to change’ – Wayne Rooney speaks on football’s dementia issue

‘Something needs to change’ – Wayne Rooney speaks on football’s dementia issue

Wayne Rooney heading a football during his Manchester United days (PA)

Wayne Rooney says “something needs to change” as too many former footballers are dying of dementia.

Nobby Stiles, like Rooney a former Manchester United and England player, died at the age of 78 last month, having been diagnosed with dementia and prostate cancer.

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