‘I’m a former Liverpool star – I used to be as soon as offered for £500 and a bag of footballs’
A former Liverpool star acquired his large break within the recreation after being offered for £500 and a bag of balls.
Midfielder Jason McAteer, who performed for the Reds within the second half of the Nineteen Nineties, was a latecomer to the skilled recreation. Having grown up in Birkenhead, simply throughout the Mersey from Liverpool, he wasn’t picked up by an academy and was nonetheless plying his commerce in non-league on the age of 20.
McAteer unexpectedly acquired his large break taking part in for Marine Reserves vs Bolton Wanderers A. Watching Bolton coaches have been so impressed the membership signed him for the grand sum of £500, plus a bag of balls.
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He went on to grow to be a key participant for Bolton, doing sufficient to impress his beloved Liverpool, who signed him in 1995 for barely greater than £500 and a bag of balls – £4.5million to be precise. McAteer additionally picked up worldwide honours, taking part in for Ireland on the 1994 and 2002 World Cups, with the Irish getting out of their group on each events.
He first performed underneath Jack Charlton, who spearheaded a wonderful period for Irish soccer, with the nation qualifying for Euro 88, the place they beat England within the group section, and the following two World Cups. After leaving Liverpool in 1999, McAteer had spells at Blackburn, Sunderland and Tranmere. Now 52, he’s eternally grateful for the alternatives he was given.
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“I am forever grateful to have been given that opportunity, I was 20 years old when I turned pro – I thought it was gone,” he advised Off The Ball.
“I just jumped on that professional footballer bandwagon [with] no apprenticeship, no YTS, nothing. Then I was bought for 500 quid and a bag of balls.
“The next thing I know, I am in the Ireland setup. You just don’t want to stop, because you don’t want it to end and you’re frightened you might upset it.”
