Watch Robbie Savage's frank interview about his lowest ebb: 'I was planning to smash my car into a tree as my world fell apart' - video
Robbie Savage has told how he fantasised about deliberately crashing his Porsche into a tree at high speed as his football world collapsed.
The Mirror columnist was wracked by thoughts of self-harming after a bust-up with his then-Derby boss Paul Jewell two years ago.
Savage, whose frank autobiography is being serialised in the Daily Mirror this week, said: "I was ready to do something really stupid.
"Not suicide, because that is for cowards, but something very close and very crazy.
"I was planning to take the car out and smash it into a tree. Or go out and bang my head into a wall again and again. Just ending all the pain."
Click here to read the full story and watch Robbie's frank discussion of the lowest point in his life in the video below.
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