Chris first raised his concerns over his health in March during a conversation with fellow pundit Gary Lineker, explaining: “There are loads of things I can track and I’m thinking ‘what’s going on?’
“I’m suffering with a swollen tongue which causes you to slur our words, slows down, not your thoughts because they are there, but transferring those thoughts to the mouth to get you to talk coherently”
Kamara went on to explain that further blood tests revealed he had an under active thyroid, which affects about two percent of the UK population.
Describing his symptoms, he complained about “feeling cold”, adding: “Even warm days you’re shivering and cold, weakness, muscle fatigue, tiredness.”