As a childhood Chelsea fan, Max Kilman found himself almost speechless when he discovered the voice at the other end of the phone, offering an unexpected invitation, to be that of Andriy Shevchenko. “It was at the start of the year,” recalls the 23-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers centre back. When he said it’s Andriy Shevchenko I was just like, wow. It’s not normal that Andriy Shevchenko has your number and calls to say he wants you to represent Ukraine.”Few details in Kilman’s story are particularly normal. He’s the son of a Russian arts dealer and Ukrainian catwalk model who represented England at futsal before being plucked from Maidenhead United, in the sixth tier of

Source: The Times May 21, 2021 16:17 UTC