One day my friend came around and he was going to football practice later, but I didn't have a team. I was used to playing football down at the park with my friends. You're just playing football. I needed to go back and, you know, play with my friends and just enjoy it because at that age it is very serious. But me going out on loan definitely helped me, because I felt like I was then… I'd experienced playing men's football.

Source: BBC April 11, 2026 14:25 UTC