Gosling's Grouse: Sagna the times

GOSLING'S GROUSE

One day over the Easter holidays, my son attended a football camp where a top Arsenal player turned up.

Yes I know the gags about ‘top player’ and ‘Arsenal’ in the same sentence being a contradiction in terms, but bear with me. Bacary Sagna, the club’s right back, spent a couple of hours with the boys, showing them skills and answering all their questions about his football career and life in general. My son came home inspired – not inspired to play for Arsenal as he supports Liverpool, but by Sagna’s humility and how hard he has worked to get where he is. He started life in relative poverty in Senegal and has ended up as first choice right back for France, and arguably the best right ...