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GONZALO HIGUAIN revealed that he had almost left football three years ago to care for his sick mother.
Higuain is expected to debut at Chelsea today after transferring his loan to Stamford Bridge since Juventus earlier this week.
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But Argentina almost completely abandoned the sport in 2016 after her mother Nancy was struck by a deadly disease at home.
Higuain, quoted in the Mirror, said: "I immediately decided to stop playing football so I could take care of my mother.
"I suspected something was wrong with me during the Copa America, but it was a shock when we told the truth.
"I felt guilty because I played in this final without knowing it. All my world has collapsed at that time.
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"I did not care about anything other than my mother, I told her that I had finished playing football and that if it had been entrusted to me, I would have stopped playing.
"Her answer was that when I played football, it made her happy. She told me that she would not allow me to give up something I loved.
"She asked me to continue for her – and I knew I had to fulfill that wish.
"My family and friends are everything to me. After that comes football. People have to understand that.
"They see you kicking a ball and they do not think you have anything to think of outside the match."
Higuain's mother is fully recovered and she will now watch her 31-year-old son take the first steps of her career in England.
The boss of Chelsea, Maurizio Sarri, addressed the former star of Real Madrid because he could now work with him after their successful stay in Napoli.
He should tell him of his debut at the England Cup showdown with Sheffield on Wednesday, the day the man he was scheduled to replace, Alvaro Morata, undergoes a medical checkup before he goes back to England. to be transferred to Atletico Madrid.
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