Football has duty to look after former players with dementia, says Brian Deane

Brian Deane believes football has a duty to support those who helped lay the foundations for the success of the modern game in England (Nick Potts/PA)

The football authorities have been urged to establish a fund to support ex- players suffering from neurodegenerative disease.

The subject has come back into the spotlight again after high-profile former footballers Denis Law and Terry McDermott’s dementia diagnoses were publicly confirmed.