By Christian Gysin and Tom Kelly PUBLISHED: 16:01 EST, 11 October 2013 | UPDATED: 03:23 EST, 12 October 2013 Former England defender and coach Stuart Pearce has left his wife of 20 years for an FA employee who once worked as a liaison officer for the WAGs. A close family friend said yesterday that he feared Pearce had suffered a ‘complete mid-life crisis’ after walking out on his wife and two children to be with 39-year-old FA employee Carol Day. ‘Stuart told his wife Liz last month that he was leaving and he immediately moved out of the family home,’ said the friend.
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Wife Liz is said to be 'devastated' at the break up of their marriage
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Believed Pearce walked out on family to get with FA employee Carol Day
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Day used to be England's Players Wives Liaison Officer
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Pearce told his wife that the relationship started after the European Under-21 Championships in Israel in June
‘@placeholder does not know if Stuart is telling the truth or if the affair had been going on longer,’ said the family friend.