I heard that David James when at our club was hooked on playing video games. So many of them are so immature their financial problems are inevitable. A Holte Ender I chat to has a sister who works for the insurance company who give cover to a very well known player recently retired from international football who has no fewer than 140 watches insured for more than £5000 each.
Compare that to the very happy man who lives in our village who played number 9 for both Newcastle and Manchester City and works as a yard man in the builders merchants. Lovely bloke, never in money trouble, born in Dudley, salt of the earth.
Leads me to believe that the excessive money today's footballers get is the root cause of their wanton stupidity.
