The Shamrock Rovers forward, who came through tThe Shamrock Rovers forward, who came through the ranks at Aston Villa, has decided to take a step back from his playing career in order to get his life 'back on track'
Former Aston Villa youth striker Michael Drennan has announced that he is taking a break from football to deal with depression.

The 22-year-old has played eight games in the League of Ireland Premier Division with Shamrock Rovers this season, but has decided to put his career on hold to get his life 'back on track'.

Drennan revealed his decision in a lengthy Facebook post, where he thanked his fellow players and supporters for their support.

"I want to put this on Facebook to let people know what's going on and will be in the papers soon,” the Kilkenny native said.

"I'm taking time out of football because I'm not happy and I've been suffering with depression for the last 3 years and I thought I would have dealt with it better then but it's come to a point now where I need to leave and take a break.

"I just want to be happy because life is way too short, I need to be around people I love and get a job. I needed something to change and this is a very tough decision and one that I've put my whole life into and hoped to be successful in but it's not one I've made over 2 weeks.

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"This has been on my mind a lot over the past few years but I said I would stick it out..it can't get any worse but it did and I haven't spoke to people about it as much as I should and I wanted to deal with it myself but it was the wrong decision.

"People will always look at me different saying, 'I'm a failure' and all that crap but it's the reason why I came home in the first place to play soccer here to see would it make me better which obviously it didn't.

"I just wanna come back and get the help I need to get back on track and would like to go back playing in League of Ireland at some stage if the chance came up.

"I want to thank everyone who has given their best to support me and make this difficult decision."

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