“Football saved my life,” she told talkSPORT. “Without it, they wouldn’t have discovered the two holes in my heart.”
As she bids for a historic Women’s World Cup triumph with England, the Reading midfielder reveals how she might not be alive if it wasn’t for the beautiful game.
“When I went to a football development centre at 16, they did a routine cardiac screening, just to tick the medical off,” she said.
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