Usain Bolt targets football giants Man U now athletics career is over
THE world’s fastest man says he’s yet to hit full speed on his sporting career and is set to start training to become a Manchester United football star next month.
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THE world’s fastest man says he’s yet to hit full speed on his sporting career and is set to start training to become a Manchester United football star next month.
Superstar sprinter Usain Bolt told The Saturday Telegraph he was fielding offers from the world’s biggest football sides and would begin training when he recovers from a hamstring injury.
The 31-year-old Jamaican, who retired from athletic competition last month, said he had a plan and a team in place to prevent him from falling into the post-competition implosion that’s seen other athletes suffer mental health problems and drug and alcohol abuse.
“One of my biggest dreams is to try to play for Manchester United and play football, it’s something that’s on my mind,” Bolt said.
“We have a lot of offers from different teams but I have to get over my injury first and then take it from there.
“My big dream would be to play for Manchester United because it’s my favourite team since I was young, but if there are other teams in the Premier League I’d definitely want to try. It’s something I’ve always said I’d be good at and something I feel I should try post-retirement.”
This year the Saturday Telegraph revealed the Australian Olympic Committee program to prepare younger athletes for injury and post-sporting careers.
It followed the post-retirement public meltdowns of former stars, including Olympic swimmers Grant Hackett and Geoff Huegill.
But the world-record setting Bolt, who visited Sydney to launch the flagship Optus store on George St, said he was unfazed about missing competition and would keep pushing himself in sport until he decided to start a family.
“I push myself in everything I do so I know in any aspect of life I move onto I will push myself to be the greatest and the best, ” Bolt explained.
“I think when I finally have kids I’ll slow down, but right now I still live life at the speed of Bolt.”
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