'It’s football's biggest problem.’
Former footballers have spoken candidly about their sporting dreams crumbling in front of their eyes When he was just 11, Danny Edmead had an eight week trial with a team he had always dreamed of playing with, Tottenham Hotspurs. However, after the stint the young boy wasn’t kept on with the club. ‘I remember finishing my training session with them. I played very well, so I asked the Tottenham coach if the decision about signing me had been made,’ Danny tells Metro.
5 million players in organised youth football in England, around 180 – or 0.012% – will make it as a professional player at a Premier League club. That means most will have to find an alternative career despite many having dedicated their lives to the game. Able Kpogho stars alongside Rebecca Middlemist as India and Femi Ogunjobi in the short film Able Kpogho, 21, stars in Kicks as Patrick – a young footballer who is struggling after being dropped by his football team.
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