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‘Don’t know if it’s too late’ Gary Lineker, 60, shares his dementia diagnosis ‘worry’

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This comes amid his concern about the links between footballers and the syndrome.He said: “I’ve had conversations with Alan Shearer and Ian Wright and others about the worry that come 10, 15 years that it might happen to one of us.“The odds suggest that it probably will.“I have regular health checks, including the brain.So far everything is OK.“I’ll have my triannual test this summer and ask if there’s anything they can establish around the brain, because I don’t see how, given the circumstances any footballer wouldn’t be worried about it.”Some research suggests ex-footballers may be 3.5 times more likely to die from the illness than the general population.Football fans will know some of England’s 1966 World Cup stars have died from.

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