FORMER Bradford City star Chris Kamara has developed a speech disorder, he confirmed in a social media post yesterday evening.

The Sky Sports presenter, who led the Bantams to a Division Two play-off win in 1996, revealed that he has apraxia of speech, a disorder which affects the way a person connects speech messages from their brain to their mouth.

Kamara, 64, said he has been working to get his speech “back to normal”, adding “hopefully I can beat this!”

“Just wanted to let a few of you know who tweeted me today that I am ok-ish”, he tweeted yesterday.

“Alongside my thyroid problem, I have developed apraxia of speech and have been working to get my speech back to normal.

“Some days it can be a little slow and some days it’s normal.

“Hopefully I can beat this!”

Middlesbrough-born Kamara joined City in a player-coach role in 1994.

He took over the managerial position at Valley Parade in November 1995, taking the Bantams to the old Wembley at the end of the season, where they beat Notts County 2-0 to win promotion to the second tier.

Kamara – who also starred for Swindon, Brentford and Leeds United in his playing career – has since gained cult-status as a loveable and charismatic presenter on Soccer Saturday.

Bradford City also wished the former midfielder well, tweeting “we’re all with you, Kammy!”

Bradford's Dr Amir Khan also showed his support in a response to Kamara's tweet:

Kamara's good friend and Soccer Saturday colleague, Jeff Stelling, also wished him well: