How Premier League Futures programme is helping former academy prospects
In six months Iyiola Adebayo went from captaining West Ham youth teams to delivering pizzas but he has found a new direction“Within six months of being the captain at West Ham and playing in the Youth Cup, I was delivery driving at Domino’s,” says Iyiola Adebayo.Adebayo had joined at eight the academy that produced Rio Ferdinand, Joe Cole and Declan Rice and the defensive midfielder from Tilbury was tipped to follow in their footsteps when awarded a scholarship before anyone else…
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