Former Tottenham defender Gary Mabbutt has said a rat ate part of his foot as he slept while on holiday in South Africa.
Mabbutt, 57, had been in the country to visit his daughter, who is working at Kruger National Park but then had to return to the UK for surgery following the incident which caused him to spend a week in hospital -- and has left him needing daily treatment.
"All the opponents that I've played against and I finally get taken out by a rat," Mabbutt told BBC Radio 5 live. "I've gone to sleep and during the night a rat has come into the bedroom, climbed into the bed and has decided to chew on my foot.