Eric Dier

[skiathospurs]

He shits when he wants! He shits when he wants
eric dier
he shits when he wants!

 

[ClemFandango]

Recalled to the England side. Very well deserved.

Southgate makes Dier decision as second Tottenham star named in England squad

Gareth Southgate has recalled Eric Dier to his 28-man England squad for the upcoming UEFA Nations League games against Italy and Germany

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[USspur]

Tearful Eric Dier discusses Dele Alli and wishes he could have done more to help

The former Spurs midfielder has earned plenty of love and praise for his honest and heart-breaking interview and his friends have gathered around him

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"Obviously, it was difficult to watch," he said. "Lots of stuff, not everything, but quite a lot of it I knew already. I was with him just a week before, he was at my wedding.

“I don’t know what to say about it. I don’t want to say anything that I haven’t said to him. I wouldn’t do that. For me it was, as I said, it was difficult to watch, upsetting.

"I think my overwhelming feeling, which I said to him as well, is probably I’m upset that I didn’t do more."

One thing that Dier was not aware of about Dele was the abuse and trauma he suffered as a child.

"No, I wasn’t aware of it. There were things that I was and wasn’t aware of," he said. "A long time ago I went to Milton Keynes with him and he showed me around where he grew up. He showed me everything so I was aware of the outline of the picture, the frame, but not the picture itself."

It is when Dele's mention of Dier in his interview is spoken about that the tears began to well up and then fall down the Spurs defender's face.

Dele had said: "I don’t think any of them really knew what I was doing so I’d hide it from them, I wouldn’t be honest with them. The likes of Eric Dier, I think he’s a great friend and you realise who your real friends are – people that don’t just say yes.

“People like Eric, Harry [Kane], Sonny [Heung-min Son] Ben [Davies]. There were a lot of players that didn’t approve of what I was doing if they knew about it and they weren’t afraid to tell me.

“Especially Harry and Eric, those two are brutally honest. When they confronted me it was never in front of other players. Sometimes they could see it in my face, it was hard to hide and they definitely weren’t pleased."

Dier apologises as he sobs, perhaps thinking back to those chats with his younger Spurs team-mate when he tried to help him without knowing the full extent of what was going on.

After a long pause with attempts to compose himself, he said: "I don’t really like talking about it publicly because I don’t really feel like it’s my place, you know? I’m happy to say anything that I’ve spoken about with him to a certain extent."

The tears flow again as he tries to continue.

"He’s been a great friend to me as well, you know? He just has been," he said before another long pause is needed. "He’s just… sorry, I just need… I can’t speak."

After another moment to compose himself he explains: "When he was in rehab, and I knew he was in rehab, I spoke to him a few times while he was there and I messaged him, because I was having my wedding..."

More tears fall at the memory before he continues: "I said to him, ‘I don’t know if you’re going to make it’ [to the wedding], because obviously I knew what he was going through. And the first thing was that he was insulted that I’d asked him if he was going to be there.

"It was like it was unimaginable that he wasn’t going to be there even though everything he was going through. That’s the type of person he is, you know? Dele has a heart of gold. He really does. I’m upset with myself and disappointed with myself that I didn’t do more.

"He’s a great friend to me as well, it’s not all one way. He’s done many things over the course of time that mean a lot to me. He’s someone that I know that I could call him right now if I needed him to be here in Singapore and he’d come. That’s the kind of friend he is."

Football fans are all hoping Dele can now recapture the form that made him one of the most exciting young players in Europe during his early years at Tottenham and Dier is among those watching on and hoping.

"Me too. I think he’s probably in the best place he’s ever been," he said. "Obviously that’s what everyone wants. He’s still so young. He can still do whatever he wants to do, that’s the beauty of football. It’s up to him. It really is in his hands.

“It’s always in our hands as players to control whatever we can control. Obviously the manager will make decisions and clubs will make decisions but as players all we can do is control what we can control. That’s giving ourselves the best chance to be able to play and play well."

 

[Yid]

All of this makes me think there's something intrinsically wrong at our club...

How can they miss this when they're with them eye to eye every day of the week...

Fuck me, we could all see something was wrong with Dele... Kane and Dier could see it... yes he hid the whole truth, but maybe investing in him personally maybe giving him someone to talk to outside of the club, giving him some time off to maybe get to this point earlier while he was with us and we could have helped him...

This is fucking shameful on Spurs IMO.

What are the club doing now... how many other players are having prescription sleeping meds pumped into them...

I see a scandal looming.

 

[ClemFandango]

It shows what a decent, kind and compassionate human being Eric Dier is and yet he still gets a truckload of abuse from Angry Spurs Twitter who still basically blame him for everything that's wrong at the club.

 

[J.spurs]

All of this makes me think there's something intrinsically wrong at our club...

How can they miss this when they're with them eye to eye every day of the week...

Fuck me, we could all see something was wrong with Dele... Kane and Dier could see it... yes he hid the whole truth, but maybe investing in him personally maybe giving him someone to talk to outside of the club, giving him some time off to maybe get to this point earlier while he was with us and we could have helped him...

This is fucking shameful on Spurs IMO.

What are the club doing now... how many other players are having prescription sleeping meds pumped into them...

I see a scandal looming.

Honestly I think clubs--like many of us in society as a whole--are just really starting to reckon with mental health. I reckon most of us on here are about the same age, so I think we can all remember when it was looked at very differently, especially in sport and especially among young men. It's no excuse, but I don't think any club anywhere focused (or focuses) anywhere near enough on this aspect of player health and safety.

The thing is, if he'd had a lingering hip injury or something instead of mental trauma, he'd have been getting a scan every 12 hours. You're right that everyone could see what was wrong, but I bet the club just thought what we thought, basically that he'd just gotten lazy and soft and that all the fame and money had gone to his head. Maybe this will put more pressure on clubs to act. There is precedent for change--it wasn't a decade ago that teams were trotting players back out on the pitch with severe head injuries, and now that's taken much more seriously.

Obviously football's trivial when talking about this, but I couldn't help thinking: what an incredibly tight-knit group of young players we had under Poch.

 

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[The Cryptkeeper]

Thanks Eric. Go well.

 

[USspur]

From debut winners against the spammers to mid game shits and going into the stands to fight spectators.

It was time for him to move on and I am happy he is at a top club. I hope he does well there and wins silverware

 

[J.spurs]

Really hope things go well for him. It's easy to forget what a player he was (and how versatile) in the best days of the Poch era. He'd play in midfield Saturday, CB in Europe on Tuesday, and then on the right the next game. Has always seemed to be a class act and really humble as well.

It's hard to imagine, but measuring by appearances, Dier and for that matter Davies are right there with some very big names.

 

[spurious]

Was terrific from his first appearance; I'll never forget that goal. I distinctly remember being angry and terrified when the footage of him and ManU-era Mourinho exchanged pleasantries in Portuguese. Totally understood what he did when he went into the crowd. The bromance with Dele. And so many other memories

Also, he was a rock during the dark years. Pure speculation on my part, but I reckon his leadership behind the scenes, in the dressing room and on the training pitch, kepts things from spiralling out of control worse than they did.

We're in a better now and we don't need him anymore. It's a bit cruel, but I'm sure he has a fair few good years left in him.

 

[Yid]

We've moved on, he's moved on.

Good luck to him.

 

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[Havocc]

I always thought he should have stayed as a defensive/holding midfielder. Was always better there, than at centre back. Great servant to the club, always be welcomed back.

 

[SAS]

 

[Yid]

I thought i read that he wasn't wanted by them as it was Touchel who had the hots for him...?

Who cares as long as he is gone gone...

 

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[J.spurs]

 

[ClemFandango]

Leaving Bayern on a free to sign a two year contract with Monaco.

Bayern fans are gutted to be losing him. Sharp contrast to our lot I suppose.