There are two things all athletes need to have - ability and desire. He had the ability but has clearly lost, for whatever the reason, that desire. Delli Alli appears to be a similar story albeit from a much higher base. Only that person truly knows why that has happened.
Not sure you can classify Delli Alli in the same category mate he was financially secure I would think maybe that doesn’t have any effect but I know for sure if I had that chance I would do everything I could to earn as much as I could while I could. Not reach 30 odd and think right what do I do now to earn a living
But that's the thing. We are all different. I've seen quite a few sportsmen in real life where certain struggles have got the better of them. And you or I can't change what is going on in their mind or the circumstances that caused them to act that way.
We all see the end product. Good or bad. Sometimes the bad is an accumulative thing. We never see that journey or the hard yards. As one head of an academy said to me once "these lads are all talented because they wouldn't be here if they weren't but do they have that desire to become a professional and all that entails". Equally and the flipside, I know of one lad who wasn't given the opportunities in one particular sport that others of less ability were simply because those others were more advantaged in terms of "connections" within the game. That really does happen. Eventually, the rejection got too much for him and he turned to another sport, one that he can practice to the cows come home on his own and not have to be "selected" to be successful. And he's doing very well too. He still carries the scars of all that went on before but that is his driver now. I always use Vardy as an example of someone who had to do it the hard way and appreciates all that he had to do to get there and never want to go back to his previous life
Vardy has to keep focussed mate the way his thick bint of a missed keeps running up legal bills lol
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