When most footballers in their early thirties move to America, it is often for a final pay-day or a chance to prolong their career in a nicer climate.
For Reece Wabara, former Manchester City academy graduate, he is taking the USA by storm having conquered the UK - but not in football.
The ex-full-back came through the ranks at City and enjoyed some useful loans at local Football League clubs, even scoring the winner Oldham's FA Cup giantkilling of Liverpool and earned promotion to the Championship with Wigan.
But he always had his mind on more than football, ultimately hampering his playing career after fashion start-up Maniere De Voir began to take off.
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