Former Westlife star Kian Egan has revealed that he thinks boyband One Direction will ruin their careers before they decide to call time on their group in the future. 

Speaking to Britain's The Sun newspaper, Egan admitted that he hopes the 'Story Of My Life' heartthrobs "try to pull together and look out for each other and protect each other and stand by each other's side" because they have so much potential:

"One Direction would be fools to throw it away, absolute fools - and I get the feeling they will. I watch them and they don't seem to have this bond as tight as we had in Westlife - especially as they've only been together three or four years."

As previously reported by Pressparty, Egan compared One Direction to Westlife and explained that they don't seem as close as his group did when they were recording and releasing music together: "As we always said in Westlife, there’s not one person in a band that’s bigger than the band. Respect each other and understand that it’s a unit, it’s not a bunch of individuals wanting to do what they want to do.”

Watch Egan's music video for 'Home' below: