He told Lindsey that, while he accepted the hard truth of the diagnosis, he would fight the prognosis and try to live for longer than the doctors predicted. Rob fixes his gaze on the send button and his texted answer is spoken by an approximation of his voice – recorded during the earliest months of his illness. Sunday will be tough, it will hurt, but 12,000 people have given up their time to train for this and to put themselves through it. Chelsea star names WWE legend John Cena as the celebrity he'd want to portray him in a movie - but can YOU guess which unlikely Blues player it is?

The fact that their relationship is now an evidently rocky one, yet McDermott has given an interview for this book where he waxes lyrical about Burrow speaks volumes about him. Love his comment about the Black Knight in Monty Python, identify with things like 'Just turning in bed is murder. As Rob types, Lindsey says: “He’s more interested in kicking a football at the moment but I think he’s got Rob’s sporting genes. But also some of the things I start to get like 'But more and more, I’m separate from what’s going on around me. Jordan Pickford checks his secret water bottle cheat sheet before Mo Salah's penalty for Liverpool in the derby.With antidotes from family, friends, team mates and opposition players; it will make you laugh and make you cry. However, the story also tells us about his diagnosis and life with MND and it is a definite tear jerker. We wanted to tell the kids before that Christmas, in the hope that it might clear some of the gloom.

I have read it and Dirs has captured Rob’s old voice, and good cheer, while documenting the two love stories framing his life.Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.