Soccer and music often make for pretty uncomfortable partners. The beautiful game is usually soundtracked by middle aged men chanting the “Seven Nation Army” riff while the players stick to Lil Baby in the changing rooms.
While the Super Bowl gets Usher or Rihanna, major international soccer tournaments are soundtracked by Martin Garrix and Bono.
Outwardly cool players are treated with suspicion too. There is no equivalent of the NBA’s stylish Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to be found in the Premier League.
A genuine debate raging in the game right now is whether it’s even OK to have interests off the field. All of which made last month’s arrival of an NTS show by Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman all the more extraordinary.
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