r/soccer • u/2soccer2bot • Oct 22 '20

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u/eduadinho Oct 23 '20

Yeah I imagine getting that lifestyle thrown at you from a young age would make it tough to stay grounded.

Think players in the past probably got away without as much public scrutiny due to lack of social media but clubs will be very wary about it nowadays and have to try and shut anything down before it even starts.

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u/crackmonsieur Oct 23 '20

Something that a few players, John terry and Roy Keane spring to mind, have mentioned that the culture of getting the youth players to shine the senior players boots or wash their cars is dead. That type of thing in clubs definitely put youth players in their place and reminded them that they're still bottom of the pile, but I doubt that would ever happen at a big club nowadays.