Kevin De Bruyne: "When I was 14, I left my parents to join Genk training center. The first year I ended up in a large boarding school, where you sleep with everyone. Fortunately, the second year, I was with a host family. But things didn't go as planned. I'm someone who is fine on my own, I'm kind of shy. I thought everything was fine, at the end of the year, everything was going well. My foster parents never had to go to school for problems, academic or disciplinary. I said goodbye to them without knowing what was going to happen. Then one day I come home and my parents were sad, they were crying, I asked, 'what's wrong?', And there they told me that my host family didn't want more of me. I asked them why and they said it was 'because of who you are'. I did not understand. 'You are difficult to pin down, you are very calm. You have trouble interacting with the other children. They just find you difficult '. ⠀
It's not nice to hear that when you're 15 or 16. That day, I kicked the ball against a wall for hours. I told myself that everything was going to be fine, and that in a few months I would be in the first team and that I would no longer experience failure. When I came back after the summer, I was in the B team and I told my parents that in two months I will be in the first team. I trained like crazy, I had fire in me. It was as if I had gone mad. I remember we were playing on a Friday night, I was a substitute. I came on in the second half and I scored five goals. That day changed my history in the club and I joined the first team."⠀
GRAMMY® Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer @burnaboy, 2023 GRAMMY Award-winning singer and Oscar-nominated singer and producer @temsbaby and rapper and singer @heisrema will headline the NBA All-Star Game 2023 halftime show with an Afrobeats-themed performance.
🇬🇭 Thomas Partey vs Man United:
• 90 minutes played
• 73 touches
• 40 passes completed
• 9 passes into the final third
• 7 ball recoveries
• 5 ground duels won
• 3 clearances
• 2/2 tackles won
• 2/2 successful dribbles
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🗣️Bukayo Saka: "We showed a lot of character and i am so happy we got it done in the end. I am happy. I was so close to getting two but i am so happy to have scored!"
🗣️Bukayo Saka when given the MOTM award after the #Arsenal win over Manchester United by Eddie Nketiah today: "We should actually share this you know!" 😂
🗣️Luke Shaw on #Arsenal beating United: "I think we deserved that (to lose). They are an exteremly good side and any lapse in concentration can cause you to concede against a top side." 🤝🔴
🗣️Luke Shaw: "You have to give credit to #Arsenal for what they have done this season. I think they deserve to be top (of the Premier League) for the way that they play." 👍🔴