With whispers this transfer window of Erling Haaland’s dad trying to help broker a £100m transfer to Man Utd, and Lionel Messi’s dad Jorge most famous for getting his son a suspended prison sentence over a €4m tax fraud, it’s nice to remember a time when footballers’ dads operated on a different level altogether.
Former Arsenal player Perry Groves told the Sunday Times yesterday about his struggles to get into the professional game – and how his dad, Ginge, was by his side the whole way.
As a kid, Groves thought he was on the verge of signing with Peterborough United, until their manager Peter Morris told him that the whole thing was off. He didn’t think Groves was as good as he’d been led to believe and there was no way the club would be signing him.
To which Groves’ dad countered, “You’re talking out of your arse”, reached over Morris’s desk and grabbed him around the throat.
Needless to say, Perry didn’t sign for Peterborough. |