Jermaine Jenas opens up about his battle with imposter syndrome

Jermaine Jenas
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Football is a sport in which confidence is key. So imagine how performance could be affected when a player feels like an imposter in their own life.

That's exactly what Tottenham Hotspur midfielder turned BBC and BT pundit, Jermaine Jenas, has felt like at points in his career. Now, Jenas has opened up about his struggles with imposter syndrome for British Army podcast The Locker, and talked about how little support there was for him when he was at the peak of his abilities. 

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