Football: Jim: I Know Paul Will Win Battle ; Walker Puts Faith in Merson

Sunday Mercury › February 16, 2004

Linked as:

Summary

PAUL Merson's friends believe he will draw strength from the previous low points of his career to beat his latest addiction worries.

Merson this week flew to the United States to seek serious help for the gambling problems that have surfaced once more. The former Aston Villa and Arsenal star has put his Walsall career on hold for a month while he tries to sort himself out again. But Merson's friend Jim Walker, his physio from Villa Park who flew to the States with him, believes theplayerknows his own mind.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Football: Jim: I Know Paul Will Win Battle ; Walker Puts Faith in Merson

And he says Merson realises only a drastic course of action can keep him playing for Colin Lee at Walsall without the outside worries that have held him back in the past.

Walke...

See the full content of this document