Grays_1890
Barry Daines
That may in part be due to him not being quite ready to talk, but feeling forced into it to keep ahead of the tabloids. He is probably still processing a whole load of things.
One thing that did strike me from the interview was him saying he had spent 6 weeks in rehab. That isn't actually very long. Maybe he was already over the sleeping pills and it was more therapy than breaking an addiction, but I hope it was enough, or that he is having follow-up counselling.
And as for Everton - yes, good on them. I think Dyche could be good for Dele, although it has to be a two-way thing. Trippier speaks highly of Dyche being instrumental in turning him away from his drinking lifestyle, albeit Trippier was at a much earlier stage of his career at that point and it was more overindulgence than addiction (I believe).
Also I don't think he shut Neville down as the original post suggests, he mentioned his partying a fair bit organically and said he was partying too much but the press were also making stuff up, he also mentioned having regular house parties and how that was linked to his previous family life and a safe space for him.
With the rehab it seems from the interview like he needed access to the psychology element as much as the addiction side of things, he mentioned he was able to give the pills up for periods in the past which generally suggests that the addiction is probably at a more manageable stage. Thats purely guess work from myself, but whatever he needed its brilliant to see a different man who seemed one hell of alot better in himself.