Interesting interview with Sebastien Haller in the Guardian today. He says he realises that he was the wrong sort of striker for the system David Moyes plays with his lack of pace and inability to beat players — though his predatory instincts have now made him the top scorer in the Champions League for Ajax. He also reveals that he wasn't that happy in London. Sports psychologist Gary Bloom has written a very good book Keeping Your Head In The Game, revealing the off-field problems that affect many top athletes. And indeed Haller says that he had just had a new baby with his partner and wasn't getting much sleep, was living in a hotel, had to adapt to a new environment and then deal with the pandemic and was left "feeling like a zombie". We often forget that players are human beings who need to be happy off the pitch to perform on it. Click on the link to read the whole piece.
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