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Former Tottenham defender Joe Kinnear has been living with dementia since 2015 and is in the 'late stages' of the condition, reveals wife Bonnie as she calls on football officials to ramp up efforts to tackle the disease

Former Tottenham defender Joe Kinnear has been living with dementia for the last six year, his wife has revealed - with the ex-Newcastle boss currently in the 'late stages' of the disease.

The 74-year-old was diagnosed with the condition in 2015 after acting 'aggressively and moody', Bonnie Kinnear told the Telegraph - something which shocked her as her husband was a 'larger than life character'.

Kinnear eventually saw a doctor and was later told he had early onset vascular dementia, but now she has made the heartbreaking admission that his condition has deteriorated.

Former Tottenham defender Joe Kinnear has been living with dementia for the last six years
Kinnear (pictured alongside Jimmy Greaves) played more than 250 games for the Lillywhites

'He started to get moody - a bit depressed.