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

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.

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
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.