Robbie Savage Reveals Shocking Health Scare as Manager: "My Heart-Race Hit 189—Panic Attack in the Dead of Night"
One group had all failed the crossbar challenge and had to draw cards in front of Savage to see who bought the biscuits for the next away trip. Savage needs company and needs validation. “Insecurity drives me,” he explains. “I will never lose that insecurity.”
The reason is nearby. A photo of United’s youth team, including the Class of 92, is propped up prominently on a shelf opposite his desk. “That picture is the reminder every single day that I was let go, wasn’t good enough, that I’ve got a point to prove, whether as a player, whether as a media (pundit and presenter), whether as a manager. At times, I’ve been made to feel vulnerable, isolated, embarrassed. For instance, the World Cup.”
Savage’s mind rewinds to being on a BBC panel in 2014 with Clarence Seedorf, Thierry Henry and Gary Lineker. Lineker tweeted a photo of the pundits. “There was a picture of all their trophies on their shirts,” Savage recalls. There were four Champions Leagues amongst 10 trophies superimposed on Seedorf and a World Cup and 10 other trophies on Henry. “Mine was ‘one League Cup’. It was pre-planned. I felt embarrassed. I had imposter syndrome anyway, that I shouldn’t have been there, the World Cup, even though I play for my country.” It just made him even more determined. “Some people who don’t know me want me to fail. They think of me the player.”
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