The film will come out after a World Cup documentary featuring the former England star, due in November.
The footballer Paul Gascoigne has confirmed that producers are searching for an actor to portray him in a new film based on the memoir Gazza: My Story.
Gascoigne, who was an attacking midfielder for Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur, became a national icon after weeping on the field after England’s 1990 World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany.
Speaking to the Daily Mirror, Gascoigne said: “There are backers looking at a film and trying to find someone to play me.