Eniola Aluko

Athlete

United Kingdom

1987 - Present

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Italian sides will find it hard to attract the world's top players while there is a salary cap.
Eniola Aluko
When black men become millionaires and can buy expensive homes for their families, it infuriates people who cherish the social construct where white people are at the top and people of other ethnic backgrounds are below.
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My father was a politician. My grandfather was a politician too, maybe it's an innate idea of representing people that we have in our family. I won't go into politics. I think I can provide the voice for the voiceless through law.
Eniola Aluko
I would say the most memorable thing that has ever happened to me has to be when I got my First class honours Law degree at my University graduation. All my family from all over the world were there when I collected my degree. I will never forget that day.
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When you make a young player feel young, it doesn't necessarily help them - they often want to be treated like everyone else. If you respect their talent, then that can give them the confidence to express themselves.
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A big player coming in can change the dynamics of the dressing room, upset the rhythm of the team and end up doing more harm than good.
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I've been at Chelsea five years and been the butt of many jokes. And I give it back sometimes. That is the beauty of team spirit in a healthy dressing room. I'm not a sensitive, precious person.
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You cannot underestimate Zidane's achievement of winning the Champions League three times in a row - it must have taken superb skills to motivate the likes of Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema et al to have the desire to become serial Champions League winners.
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Sometimes clubs take their ownership of a young player for granted and do not necessarily do the best thing for their development.
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When I was a young girl I had to deal with people calling me weird and strange because I spent so much time around boys playing football.
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