There are a lot of football clubs that are fantastic football clubs but how they treat footballers is another story. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
If you’re at uni just because your parents have said so… There’s a lot of success stories of people who have dropped out. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
I really enjoyed my degree. But there’s so many people I went to uni with that didn’t. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
When you make a young player feel young, it doesn’t necessarily help them – they often want to be treated like everyone else. If you respect their talent, then that can give them the confidence to express themselves. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
Being able to put the ball in the back of the net is so important at the highest level and could be the difference between reaching the semi-finals and actually winning the World Cup. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
For all his tactical genius Guardiola is also a manager who can be patient and loyal, who backs players to come out of bad patches and hit golden patches. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
If you drop a player when his form dips, sometimes it never quite comes back. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
Perception is a big thing in football and people need to be more careful about how they choose to perceive young players in the first instance. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
People have been very quick to judge young black players on their lifestyles and then when they go on to win the World Cup, to take league titles or score goals they’re all of a sudden changed men. They haven’t changed, people are just choosing to see them in a different way. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
If a young player feels comfortable in a team then they will flourish and be who they want to be. It’s less about patronising them and more about trusting them. Eniola Aluko Read Quote
