FORMER Premier League striker Dean Windass has been diagnosed with ADHD.
Windass, 56, revealed earlier this year that he had which was discovered following a brain scan last year.
The former City forward, speaking to the BBC, opened up on his diagnosis after he launched his second autobiography.
Windass, who has had problems with drinking and his mental health post-retirement, could not believe it at first when he was told about his condition.
He said: “I thought, ‘God, what’s going on?’
“I’ve got dementia, now I’ve got – and what else have I got?”;;
However, Windass, who also played for , , and , thinks that him having adds up when looking back to his earlier years.
He added: “Even at school I couldn’t process things.
“I can read and write, but if I read a book and you asked me what that book was about, I wouldn’t know.”;;
Windass’ dementia diagnosis earlier this year adds to the growing number of former footballers with the syndrome.
Key members of ‘s 1966 World Cup-winning side – Bobby and Jack Charlton, as well as Nobby Stiles – all passed away with dementia.
Jeff Astle, the former striker, died in 2002 with an inquest into his death calling it “industrial disease”;; due to repeated heading of the ball.
Windass has since become a big advocate for ex-players to get their heads scanned, revealing that many had reached out to him worried that they could be struggling with the same thing.
Windass said: “I’m trying to get as many footballers [as possible] to go for a scan.”;;
Windass was the hero in the 2008 play-off final at , scoring the winner to send his hometown club into the Premier League for the first time in the Tigers’ history.
Windass said of the moment: “It was the most important goal of my career, probably not the best, but the most important.
“It was a special day in my life, in everybody’s lives in Hull.”;;
