It always amazes me how often footballers have background stories like this. Of having to overcome more trials and hurdles than most to reach their goals. We seem to see it with a lot of our players, Hernandez who thought about quitting, Valencia who grew up in poverty not often seen in most of the Western world, Nani who was abandoned by his parents and obviously less extreme, but nonetheless restricting, circumstances like Ferdinand.
Also interesting that those who have had the hardest upbringings are amongst our best players. Not really sure what the point of this post is, but we have always been known as a mentally strong side and I don't think it's a coincidence that we often have players who have literally had to fight tooth and nail to reach the top.
