Former footballer Brian Lenihan has opened up on how Roy Keane helped him following a suicide attempt.
The ex-Republic of Ireland U21 international tried to take his own life in December 2017, just months before he announced his retirement from football at the age of 23 following a number of knee injuries.
Lenihan, who joined Hull City from Cork City in 2014, revealed fellow Cork native Keane visited him in hospital and invited him over for dinner.
He told The Athletic on World Mental Health Day: "Roy was really good to me after all that happened.
"When I was in the hospital in Manchester he lived nearby and he would call in and go for a walk with his dogs.
"He invited me over to his house for Sunday dinner as well.
"Stuff like that. He didn’t need to do it but he did.
"For me, Roy Keane was God for as long as I can remember.
"So for him to do that for me was huge."
Lenihan is hoping that he can help people suffering from mental health problems to seek help.
He added: "If you break your arm you’d go to hospital and ask for help.
"If it’s a mental problem, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. You need care."
