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England star Dele Alli was in rehab for 6 weeks after sleeping-pill addiction

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Dele Alli spent six weeks in rehab in the United States in a bid to deal with mental-health problems stemming from a traumatic childhood and after getting addicted to sleeping pills.

Alli was one of English soccer's biggest talents, a member of the England team that reached the World Cup semifinals in 2018 after a period when he was a star of Mauricio Pochettino's young Tottenham side that nearly won the Premier League.

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