Unusual anecdote of Paul Gascoigne with the corpse of his father
Many of the stories starring Paul Gascoigne, Whoever it was one of the most talented English footballers of all time, they have known each other over the years. But Gazza, who mixed his sports career with a life of excess, has an infinity of anecdotes that have not yet seen the light and has recently revealed one of the most unusual.
The former player of the Tottenham and the SS Lazio, among other clubs, gave an extensive interview on the YouTube channel Anything Goes With James English and he said he had a fit of rage when his father John died of cancer in 2018.
“We were really close. It was funny because when we were alone him and me in the hospital and he died, I jumped on the damn bed and hit him. I head-butted him, punched him, and got my revenge from when I was younger. Then I just lay there and I hugged him for 45 minutes”, He counted Gascoigne.
Paul Gascoigne lost his father to cancer in 2018 (Photo: Reuters)
As explained The Sun, Gazza He did not forgive his father for having him admitted to a psychiatric clinic in 2010. However, the former star of the English team revealed that he still misses him: “Sometimes you think, ‘He’s still there.’ Saturdays is when I miss him the most. I loved taking it with me around the world when I played. I must have bought my father 80 cars and 18 boats and houses. I gave a lot of money to my family. I spent a lot on houses, buying and renting in different places “
To the 53 years, Gascoigne She has already left her darkest days behind and commented that she was going to be part of the dance contest Strictly Come Dancing on Italian television, but was canceled by the pandemic of coronavirus.
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Paul Gascoigne was a contemporary of Diego Armando Maradona (Photo: Reuters)
In the talk with James English, where he spoke on various topics, he also recalled Diego Maradona. Gascoigne He remembered that conversation between them in the changing room tunnel before a Sevilla-Lazio and also revealed another funny dialogue that they had years later.
“I remember at the charity game in Manchester I asked him how he was doing and he said: ‘You saw how fat I was last year, it was a balloon’”, said Gazza, about that crossing they had in a solidarity meeting organized by UNICEF, which took place at Old Trafford in 2006. That day, Maradona scored the goal of the Rest of the World team, which fell 2-1 to England.
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