Manuel Almunia is a world class goalkeeper; but had it not been for an asthma problem the Spaniard could have been plying his trade as a striker!
When Almunia visited Great Ormond Street hospital to promote Arsenal’s charity, the old memories flashed in Almunia’s head:
“It reminds me a lot of my childhood, seeing children with apparatus in their mouth, trying to breathe.
“I’m a goalkeeper because I couldn’t run anywhere. I wanted to be an outfield player, but my father did not allow me to run a lot, so I was between the sticks all the time. All children want to score goals and I wanted to be a striker, but from the time I first played football, when I was six or seven years old, I was a goalkeeper.”
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August 8, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Armiyau
I knw u culd hv been a gr8t attacker.GOD SAYS Keeping is ur profession.lol
August 8, 2009 at 9:51 PM
anto
your better off a keeper mate! Or else fabianski or mannone might have been our number 1!
August 9, 2009 at 6:34 AM
arsenakidz
A blessing in disguise I suppose.