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Original Title: Valverde on his voice problems: “I had a problem in my throat, and I was always advised to have surgery. We were a humble family, and we couldn’t afford an operation. It’s funny, and I laugh about it now, but at the time I was just a kid, t led me to spend many years not daring to speak in groups.”
A while back, a video of the Uruguayan player during his time at Club Atlético Peñarol , when he was about 17 years old, went viral. In it, he’s seen in a short interview right after a match, and his voice is particularly striking. Social media users started making jokes and comparisons , commenting that it sounded like Mickey Mouse 's voice
“I already had voice problems. When I spoke, I had a problem in my throat, and I was always advised to have surgery .” The Uruguayan commented that he visited various specialists, and they all told him he needed surgery, but at that time they couldn’t solve the problem due to their financial circumstances: “We were a humble family, and we couldn’t afford an operation overnight. We thought it was something from adolescence, that it would change, but it never did . I don’t know when it changed, but it didn’t change then. Now it has, thank God, but at the time I suffered ,” he explained.
Valverde also acknowledged that the video’s exposure affected him at the time: " After that day I suffered because people don’t know what’s behind it; ultimately, it’s a problem . It’s funny, and I laugh about it now, but at the time I was just a kid," he reflected. "It led me to spend many years not daring to speak in group settings with people I didn’t know because I knew I had that limitation. I was very ashamed because of that flaw. "