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Footballers deserve right of privacy over mental health, says Jurgen Klopp


Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp believes footballers deserve the right to tackle their personal health issues away from the public glare.
Everton winger Aaron Lennon has been in the headlines all week after he was detained under the Mental Health Act on Sunday, with his club saying he was suffering from a stress-related illness.
Klopp does not believe it is fair to an individual sportsman to have their medical problems openly debated.
“Whatever I could say about it doesn’t help, it is only another headline,” said Klopp.
“What I really think is (that we should) keep all these kind of issues as private as possible. Give the people the privacy they need – stop talking about it, stop asking about it.
“If it is not a football player the only advantage is that no one asks about it, so it is easy to come back when you feel better.
“In football or in the public eye everyone is interested and I don’t like it. It is like watching a car accident – instead of helping you only watch or take your smartphone out, and I really hate it.
“I am sure Everton are doing everything they can to keep it as private as possible and that is their job and everything will be good in the end.
“It is a problem in the world, but in sport, as we all know, things like this can happen.”
However, Stoke boss Mark Hughes has a different viewpoint as he believes bringing the subject out into the open is beneficial.
“I think it is important that people are able to feel comfortable with speaking about mental health issues,” he said.
“It is obviously worrying for Aaron at the moment, but I’m sure he is getting the support he needs.
“When these things happen it is a shame and sad for the individual but I do think it helps everybody else in terms of bringing it to people’s attention.
“Certainly in professional sport there is this image that management and coaches and players are immune to this, and that is obviously totally wrong.”

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