"I am happy to participate in the events of Football for Friendship. It is a unique social initiative of Gazprom that contributes enormously to the development of children and youth football around the world. Uniting the participants in the 211 ...
But outliers such as Sterling and Bale (who have each gone on to command combined transfer fees in excess of £100m) distract from the brutal realities. As Calvin suggests, fewer than one per cent of the 10,000 boys at English club academies go on to make a living from the game. Tw...