While speaking to ex-Reds defender David May and podcast presenter Helen Evans, the 42-year-old bared his soul and spoke of the importance of talking about mental health, encouraging others to do the same.
Roy’s struggle with alcohol started when problems off the field started to mount up during his time at West Ham United, the club he joined after leaving Old Trafford in 2005.
“I think there were a lot of things happening,”
he recalled.
“I was injured and I got into stupid financial things with apartments and houses, so there were a lot of financial problems as well.