Leeds United striker was offered a football scholarship to study business studies by one of the leading Universities in the world.Bamford opted against a move to America, backing himself to make his way to the top in the English game.The 27-year-old had progressed through the ranks at Nottingham Forest from a young age and was handed a first professional contract in 2011, which quickly helped to make up his mind.“I was at the point where all my mates at school were filling in their UCAS applications for university and the teachers were saying I had to do the same just in case,” he told the Official Leeds United Podcast.“I didn’t want to go to uni, my mind was set on football.
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