Craig Bellamy leaves role as Vincent Kompany’s assistant manager at Anderlecht for mental health reasons
Posted Monday, September 13, 2021 by Thesun.co.uk
CRAIG BELLAMY has left his role at Anderlecht due to mental health reasons.
The Belgian club have confirmed that Vincent Kompany’s assistant is no longer with them after a two-year spell in order to focus on his health.
Craig Bellamy has left Anderlecht to focus on his mental health
Bellamy revealed in 2020 that he had been on medication to combat depression since 2017.
And former Man City captain Kompany wished the Welshman all the best, revealing the door at Anderlecht will always be open.
Kompany said: “Craig was a unique coach and person for us.
“He has been very important to us in the development of guys like Jeremy Doku, Yari Verschaeren, Albert Sambi Lokonga and so on.
“But now the monster of the depression is there again.
“We need to give Craig time to make a full recovery. He set himself a date and did not meet it.
“Health is above football. Our door will always be open to him.:
Speaking about his mental health battles last year, Bellamy told Sky Sports: “For the last three, four years I’ve been diagnosed with depression.
“I’m a man of depression. I can’t get away from that.
“I’ve been medicated for three years and this is the first time I’ve ever spoken about it.
“I’ve had ridiculous highs and lows. The injuries were so, so difficult to overcome.
“I felt tortured. This wasn’t what I expected my football career to be like. I didn’t want to sprint, it hurt too much.
“During my career my depression was worse, way worse, the emotional side. I’d come home and wouldn’t speak for three days.
“I would shut myself away in a room and then I would go to bed on my own. That was the only way I could deal with depression.”
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