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Troy Deeney: I don’t like the way football is going
Troy Deeney doesn’t like the way modern football is going.
The Watford captain told Darren Fletcher and Jermaine Jenas on the Friday Night Social that statistics show 74% of players who sign a professional contract at 18 are out of football within five years.
He worries young footballers just care about the nice cars and Instagram posts and have no concept of the real world.
This clip was first broadcast on 5 live sport on 28th April 2017.
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