KamaAina
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Tue Aug-31-10 04:11 PM
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http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Usain-Bolt-wants-to-play-for-Manchester-United-Since Usain Bolt gained world-wide fame for being ridiculously fast at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he's been able to mix in visits to his favorite club, Manchester United, his other favorite club, Real Madrid, and more between running ridiculously fast. In the past, he's talked about playing as a "left-sided defensive midfielder" when he was in high school, but now he's seriously talking about his future as a footballer and not just his past.
Says the 24-year-old in his autobiography:
"Ideally, if I was to play football, I'd sign for my favorite team -- Manchester United. People say it's not realistic but nobody has seen me play so you never know. If Alex Ferguson saw me in one of those charity matches he might think I could replace Ryan Giggs."...
I ask about his ambitions. Ultimately, he says, he'd love to make a go of playing football professionally. He's being deadly serious. One of the perks of being Usain Bolt is that sporting stars love to meet him, so whenever he's travelling and there's time, he tries to train with a top football team. Last year it was Manchester United, a few days ago it was Bayern Munich. He's still carrying a copy of the French sporting newspaper L'Equipe, which features a spread on his football skills and praise from Bayern manager Louis van Gaal. He shows me a photo of himself with his arm wrapped round the dwarfed 6ft German forward Miroslav Klose. "If I keep myself in shape, I can definitely play football at a high level," he says. ManUre?! :puke: Go Tyson Gay!!
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Wed Sep-01-10 12:12 AM
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Some of the sprinters who went into the NFL as receivers could outrun the secondary, but had butterfingers. Oh wait, wrong football.
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Wed Sep-01-10 03:44 AM
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3. 49'ers experiment years ago comes to mind |
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I know I'm going to kill his name...renaldo nehamiha (sp)
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Wed Sep-01-10 02:29 AM
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2. Go Tyson, Usain better work out & quit profiling |
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Zagreb, Croatia – A 100m showdown between Tyson Gay and Nesta Carter, the year’s two fastest men, and Blanka Vlasic’s first homecoming of the week will take centre stage at the 60th edition of the Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb on Wednesday. For the final IAAF World Challenge Meeting of the season.
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