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It's behind a paywall but an excellent bit of writing.
Callum Gribbin: The ex-Manchester United wonderkid starting again in England's seventh tier – The Athletic
Callum Gribbin: The ex-Manchester United wonderkid starting again in England's seventh tier – The Athletic
I remember watching clips of him in the academy and was convinced he was going to make it.There was a time when it felt perfectly reasonable to imagine Callum Gribbin had so much talent, so much natural ability and so much in his favour, it would be almost impossible for him not to reach the top of his sport.
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Nicky Butt was never one to mince his words. It was Gribbin’s final week at Manchester United and Butt, the academy director, looked him in the eye. Tough love, they call it. “You’ll either end up working at McDonald’s or we’ll buy you back for £100 million.”