'I was one day away from falling into a coma': JAKE O'BRIEN, the Premier League's only diabetic player, on his brush with death, managing his condition in the dressing room - and why he was 'never close' to leaving Everton last summer

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: O'Brien, then 16, lost seven kilograms in just over a week. A blood test revealed his blood sugar was ten times what was considered stable and…

Simon Jones

Original contributor via Mail Online

| November 13, 2026 | 1 min read | Updated Nov 13, 2:01 PM

'I was one day away from falling into a coma': JAKE O'BRIEN, the Premier League's only diabetic player, on his brush with death, managing his condition in the dressing room - and why he was 'never close' to leaving Everton last summer — Image supplied with the source report: Mail Online.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: O'Brien, then 16, lost seven kilograms in just over a week. A blood test revealed his blood sugar was ten times what was considered stable and…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: O'Brien, then 16, lost seven kilograms in just over a week. A blood test revealed his blood sugar was ten times what was considered stable and he was rushed to hospital.

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