LONDON - Modest Burton Albion, who heads Nigel Clough, the son of legendary Brian Clough in the English Premier League, is "interested" in testing Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, according to the president.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Sun published today, Ben Robinson, president of the Burton, said he would not rule out incorporating the winner of eight Olympic gold medals, who officially retired from athletics last week after the London World Championships .
"I'm sure we could give him the chance to do a test and that coach Nigel Clough would like it, but it would be very fast anyway," said Robinson.
"He has done a lot for athletics, and one can look at Adam Gemili, who played in the 4x100 meter relay and who played soccer when he was young.
Bolt, 30, winner of the bronze medal in his last 100 meters race, before suffering an injury in the 4x100 m relay that forced him to leave, has always made public his passion for football, and in over An occasion has been rumored with the possibility that he could train with Borussia Dortmund or Manchester United, club of which he is amateur.
"I'm sure the coach would give him a try.If he can show the same enthusiasm and dedication to football, who knows how far he could go? The quality in the Championship is high and he, as usual, would need a minimum quality To enter the team, "said the president of Burton, who runs colista in the league, with three defeats in three games.
However, Clough, coach of the Brewers, has categorically ruled out offering the Jamaican sprinter a test.
"I did not know he (the president) chose the players, and now he has to go down to the locker room and spend 10 minutes in the technical area to see how it goes," Clough said jokingly.
"But it would be an assignment or a transfer? I do not know, the truth, what is clear is that it would give us a lot of speed." (Bolt) does not ask for much money, In the chain Sky Sports