I think from the players perspective it is the same, we all have people we admire in our field, footballers are no different. The idea they would try less hard is daft, I want to impress my idols!
But yes in football there are fans who are passionate, so the players should be sensible and do...
We really do hold footballers to different standards to everyone else.
I asked Jane Goodall to sign a copy of her book for me when I met her a couple of years ago. This is despite both of us running conservation organisations that focus on great apes, and studying great apes in the wild for...