Heading a football should be restricted in the professional game and banned for those under the age of 18.

That’s the word from one of the world’s leading experts on brain injuries.

Dr Bennet Omalu discovered the brain disease chronic traumatic en-cep-Halo-Pathy (CTE).

A condition that has long-term effects and is caused by repeated head trauma.

The doctor said it does not make sense to control an object travelling at a high velocity with your head,, and he added that no child under the age of 18 should be heading the ball in soccer.

An inquest into the death of former England and West Brom footballer Jeff Astle ruled he died from brain trauma caused by heading heavy leather footballs.

He died in 2004, aged 72, after suffering with Alzheimer’s for almost 10 years following his 16-year football career.

Today his daughter dawn repeated calls for the game to investigate possible links between CTE and the heading of footballs.