Kieron Dyer: If I don't have a transplant, my liver will pack in and there'd be nothing they could do for me

Kieron Dyer, a 33-time England international who played for Ipswich Town, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Middlesbrough, has announced that he has been waiting several months for a liver transplant.

The situation is serious and he has opened up on his health scare in a recent interview.

"If I don't have the transplant, my liver will pack in and there would be nothing they could do for me," he told the Daily Mail.

"I am getting increasingly fatigued but I'm not in the super-urgent category so I might have to wait a few more months until my liver has really deteriorated before I am called in.

"There are not enough livers for the demand of people who need them."

Dyer is also aware that he is dependent on someone else's misfortune, though he hopes to do justice to the donor.

"I'm aware I'm dependent on someone else's misfortune giving me the chance to live a long and happy life," Dyer stated.

"My greatest hope is that, whoever's liver I get, I do that person proud. They encourage you to touch base with the family of your donor after your operation and that's something I thoroughly intend to do."