A born Londoner, he watched Chelsea as a boy from the stands but it was to West Ham he went as a junior where the spotlight found him at a ridiculously early age.

• 他出身在伦敦，从小他就在看台上观看切尔西队，但是青年时代前往西汉姆后，在那里媒体觉得他还显得年幼可笑。