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==Personal life== Savage was born in [[Wrexham]] on 18 October 1974, to Colin and Valerie Savage.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 May 2011 |title=Robbie Savage retirement special: Loved ones, former team-mates, old foes and Graham Poll say farewell to Mr Marmite on the day of his final pro game |url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Robbie-Savage-retirement-special-Loved-ones-former-team-mates-old-foes-and-Graham-Poll-say-farewell-to-Mr-Marmite-on-the-day-of-his-final-pro-game-article732594.html |access-date=11 May 2011 |publisher=MirrorFootball.co.uk}}</ref> He attended [[Ysgol Bryn Alyn]] in [[Gwersyllt]] until he completed his [[GCSE]] studies in July 1991. On leaving school, Savage joined Manchester United as an apprentice. Savage and his wife Sarah have two sons.<ref>{{cite web |last=Currie |first=Mark |date=6 January 2005 |title=Always his own man, Sav refuses to hide |url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/always-man-sav-refuses-hide-2917204 |access-date=29 October 2013 |work=Daily Post}}</ref> In 2012 one of his sons, [[Charlie Savage (footballer)|Charlie]], was attached to Manchester United's [[youth academy]] and in April 2021 he signed his first professional contract with the club.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Barkham |first1=Patrick |date=11 February 2012 |title=Robbie Savage: My family values |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/feb/11/robbie-savage-strictly-dancing-family-values |access-date=29 October 2013 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Railston |first=Steven |date=7 April 2021 |title=Charlie Savage signs first professional contract at Manchester United |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-united-charlie-savage-contract-20336083 |website=Manchester Evening News}}</ref> On 8 December 2021, Savage provided commentary for [[BT Sport]] in the match where his son Charlie made his senior Manchester United debut in the [[2021β22 UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions League]], coming on as a late substitute in a 1β1 draw against [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Stone |first=Simon |date=8 December 2021 |title=Man Utd 1β1 Young Boys: Youthful United side held in final Champions League group game |website=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59570192 |accessdate=8 December 2021}}</ref> Robbie Savage's father was diagnosed with [[Pick's disease]], a [[dementia]]-type illness, when he was in his mid-50s, and died in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Roper |first=Matt |date=26 April 2011 |title=Robbie Savage's tears for his dad β and the end of his football career |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/robbie-savages-tears-for-his-dad---124798 |access-date=29 October 2013 |work=Daily Mirror}}</ref> Savage is an ambassador for the dementia care and research charity, the [[Alzheimer's Society]].<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2015 |title=VIDEO: Robbie Savage and Katie Hopkins clash over dementia |work=The Irish Independent |url=http://www.independent.ie/videos/entertainment/video-robbie-savage-and-katie-hopkins-clash-over-dementia-31127201.html |url-status=dead |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150408161751/http://www.independent.ie/videos/entertainment/video-robbie-savage-and-katie-hopkins-clash-over-dementia-31127201.html |archive-date=8 April 2015}}</ref> Savage had said in the future he would have liked to finish his career at home town club [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] before going on to manage them.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 October 2008 |title=Robbie Savage: I will be Wrexham FC manager one day |url=http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/wrexhamfc/Robbie-Savage-I-will-be.4547695.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205021342/http://www.eveningleader.co.uk/wrexhamfc/Robbie-Savage-I-will-be.4547695.jp |archive-date=5 December 2008 |access-date=29 October 2013 |publisher=Evening Leader}}</ref> He also said that the greatest regret of his football career was not signing for [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] when he had the chance in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |date=6 August 2010 |title=Everton FC β News β Robbie Savage regrets missing out on Everton FC move |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/robbie-savage-regrets-missing-out-3398269 |access-date=19 October 2013 |work=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> Savage published a biography in 2011, ''Savage!'', written with Janine Self, and in 2015 published ''I'll Tell You What...'', a book of memoir and punditry.<ref name="Savage2015">{{cite book |author=Robbie Savage |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHCACgAAQBAJ |title=I'll Tell You What... |date=8 October 2015 |publisher=Little, Brown Book Group |isbn=978-1-4721-2318-3}}</ref><ref name="SelfSavage2011">{{cite book |author1=Janine Self |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDW8f5hJWwcC |title=Savage!: The Robbie Savage Autobiography |author2=Robbie Savage |date=18 January 2011 |publisher=Mainstream Publishing |isbn=978-1-907195-63-1}}</ref> In October 2014, Savage was awarded an honorary fellowship at Wrexham's [[GlyndΕ΅r University]] for services to sport.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 October 2014 |title=Robbie Savage gets honorary fellowship from Glyndwr Uni |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-29819550 |access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref>
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