Paul Gascoigne's agent has told the BBC the former England footballer's life is in danger after he started drinking again.
The 45 year old broke down on stage at a charity event on Thursday.
Gascoigne has openly admitted to having problems with alcoholism, has spent time in rehab and was sectioned in 2008 under the Mental Health Act.
His agent Terry Baker told BBC Radio 5 live: "He won't thank me for saying but he needs to immediately get help."
Baker added: "Whatever's happened to him in the five or six weeks since I saw him before Christmas he is not as well as he has been.
"He's been absolutely fine, he really has, and now he isn't. But I think he knows that.
"His life is always in danger because he is an alcoholic. Maybe no one can save him - I don't know. I really don't know."
It would seem our former number 8 is on the sauce again. It's a pity as he was such a talented player. He has been a train wreck for years though. The Raoul Moat thing a couple of years ago was totally bizarre. They say there's a narrow line between genius and madness, I am not saying Gazza's Einstein, but in footballing terms he really was something at one point. I used to find him hysterical up to the point where he broke Cheryl's fingers. I lost all repect for him then. I don't think he has ever recovered mentally from doing that. Poor bloke had the world at his feet and pissed it down the toilet.
The 45 year old broke down on stage at a charity event on Thursday.
Gascoigne has openly admitted to having problems with alcoholism, has spent time in rehab and was sectioned in 2008 under the Mental Health Act.
His agent Terry Baker told BBC Radio 5 live: "He won't thank me for saying but he needs to immediately get help."
Baker added: "Whatever's happened to him in the five or six weeks since I saw him before Christmas he is not as well as he has been.
"He's been absolutely fine, he really has, and now he isn't. But I think he knows that.
"His life is always in danger because he is an alcoholic. Maybe no one can save him - I don't know. I really don't know."
It would seem our former number 8 is on the sauce again. It's a pity as he was such a talented player. He has been a train wreck for years though. The Raoul Moat thing a couple of years ago was totally bizarre. They say there's a narrow line between genius and madness, I am not saying Gazza's Einstein, but in footballing terms he really was something at one point. I used to find him hysterical up to the point where he broke Cheryl's fingers. I lost all repect for him then. I don't think he has ever recovered mentally from doing that. Poor bloke had the world at his feet and pissed it down the toilet.
