An emotional Graeme Souness has revealed he is swimming the English Channel to help people living with the rare skin disorder Epidermolysis bullosa.
The former Liverpool and Scotland captain, who has just stepped away from his punditry role on Sky Sports after 15 years, fought back tears as he described the pain and misery the illness brings to children.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Mail Sport columnist Souness, 70, said: 'It's the most horrendous disease. If you're inflicted by it you must wake up every morning and say 'why me?'
'It's a desperate situation.