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Michael Owen's son James, 20, says it 'killed him' to abandon his childhood dreams of becoming a footballer after rare condition left him clinically blind - as his father reveals he 'prays every night' for a cure

dailymail.co.uk · 15h · first reportShare

At the age of eight. James was diagnosed with Stargardt disease - a rare, inherited eye disorder that ohappens fatty waste deposits build up on the central part of the retina.