Mark Clattenburg has claimed referees are the “most hated species in football” after revealing constant nightmares made him quit.
Former Premier League referee Clattenburg says officials get death threats and the stress and worry over taking charge of big matches was affecting his mental health.
Clattenburg even admitted that he cannot even remember the biggest games of his career - the 2016 Champions League final and Euro 2016 final - because he was so worried about making a mistake. "I left the Premier League three years ago and I still get abuse all the time - during lockdown they were showing old games and it recirculated a lot of abuse," Clattenburg told the BBC. "When social media started to come in halfway through my career I
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