Danny Rose has revealed a club wanted to 'check he wasn't crazy' before signing him after he spoke about his battle with depression.
The England and Tottenham left back said the 'embarrassing' exchange with the unnamed club last summer has left him 'angry to this day'.
The 28-year-old was widely praised for his honesty ahead of last year's World Cup, when he said England had been his salvation after a long-term injury and the death of a family member led to him being diagnosed with depression.
Yet, during a conversation for a BBC documentary about mental health, Rose said: 'I think there's still a long way to go in football because in the summer I was speaking to another club, and they said, "the club would like to meet you, just to check that you're not crazy".