Popular player of Manchester United, Daniel James has six international caps for Wales but things were very different for the 21-year-old player. James has revealed that when he was in the youth academy at Hull, he almost stopped playing football for spending more time with his friends. James told Inside United Magazine that when he was nearly 12 years old, he gave up football because he was not enjoying it.
His reason behind giving up football was very realistic. He told his parents that at that time, he was missing his friends because he has to spend his whole time in training. In his school days, he wanted to go out with his mates but training never let him do so. Though he was thinking to quit football, he never missed bet of the day in popular league matches.
James was not enjoying football and he was missing his friends. According to James, these were the sacrifices that sometimes develop a teenager as a professional footballer. He spent seven years at boyhood club Hull and then went to join Swansea City before making £18million deal with Manchester United. Football predictions for all matches of Manchester United where James will play are available at FootballPredictions.com.
James added that as a person he developed a lot and played his first game for Wales when he was 14 years old. His first game was against Belgium and this game changed his life forever. He was used to playing striker at Hull and when he went with Wales he played as a winger.
