I see there’s going to be at least one farmer playing in the Fifa World Cup that kicks off across the pond this week.
Australia’s Aiden O’Neill could be classed as a part-time beef farmer.
The Socceroos midfielder worked on friends’ farms growing up and purchased a property in New South Wales a number of years ago.
He might not be the lone footballing farmer.
Norwegian striker Erling Haaland admitted that he wants to be a farmer when he retires form the sport.
Croatia’s Ivan Perisic is another of farming stock and was sent to play in France as a youngster to make money to invest in his parents’ chicken farm.
With 104 matches on over the next five weeks, I’ll have to get digging through the squads to see if there are any other farming connections among the 1,248 players who will be taking part.
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