Ben Chilwell bravely revealed on social media he had therapy after his “confidence took a hit”.

The England international joined Chelsea from Leicester City in the summer in a £50m deal, and has since helped in improving the Stamford Bridge side.

He said: “Last year I went through a period where my confidence took a hit and it affected me in my everyday life. I eventually spoke to someone about it and found it helped a lot.

“In football especially people don’t like to show weakness. But talking about difficulties or problems in your life with others is important.

“Everyone is going through something and hopefully someone has seen this tweet and feels they are able to talk to someone about something troubling them, where they felt they couldn’t before.

“I think it’s important we all talk on this topic, especially with everything going on at the moment.”