‘There are low points’: Ibrahima Konaté reveals struggles in year of personal tragedy

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“You can suffer from depression in football too; there’s no need to be ashamed to say so.“It’s true that I’ve often heard players say they were suffering from depression and that fans or people on the outside didn’t understand because they were earning a lot of money. But no, that’s rubbish and you shouldn’t say that.“Depression is personal; it’s deep inside you.

I didn’t have any interest in anything else at that point.“You go back to football because you have no choice. “I didn’t know what to do.

I didn’t know whether I should go home and stop playing, because the team needed me too.“I didn’t know who to talk to about it, so I kept it all to myself. I didn’t talk about it and kept it to myself.