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Tottenham first of ‘big six’ to create mental health role to support players
A general view outside Tottenham Hotspur Training Ground, Enfield

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR are reportedly the first of the Premier League’s “big six” looking to recruit a Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Manager, after a job advertisement appeared online last week.

The new role aims to prioritise and target support to the development of academy players during their time at the club.

The pressures of the sport are clear, particularly for young players coming up through the ranks; the competitive nature of the career choice, the challenges of puberty and the effects of the pandemic. Such issues are all good reason to implement an internal support structure. 

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