In an emotional interview in July, Dele opened up on his psychological well being struggles, revealing he was sexually abused as a baby and had spent six weeks in rehab to deal with an habit to sleeping capsules on account of childhood trauma.
Dele received back-to-back PFA Young Player of the Year awards whereas taking part in with Kane at Tottenham however his profession went into sharp decline from round 2019, and he's now again at present membership Everton after an unsuccessful mortgage spell in Turkey final season.
During the interview with Gary Neville, Dele singled out Kane and Eric Dier as "real friends" who had been "brutally honest" in making an attempt to assist him by way of his challenges.
The pair performed collectively for seven years at Spurs and had been additionally England teammates however Kane stated he had no concept in regards to the extent of Dele's difficulties.
"I think it was extremely brave of Dele to come out and give the interview the gave, we have known each other for a period of time but I didn't know the extent of what he had been through in his life for sure," Kane stated in Wroclaw, Poland, the place he's making ready for England's European Championship qualifier in opposition to Ukraine on Saturday. "It was eye-opening for me to hear that.
"I textual content him after and stated how a lot I feel what he did will assist a number of different folks share their emotions as effectively.
"I caught up with Dele in the summer, before the interview, and he seems to be on a good track, been working hard to get fit and so I can't wait to hopefully see him back out and playing football again.
"I feel he's in a greater place now and he has a number of time left in his profession and I actually hope he can get again on monitor and play week in and week out."
Please share by clicking this button!
Visit our site and see all other available articles!