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a young migrant from sub-Saharan Africa said he wanted to go to Europe to be a professional footballer. Really?

I don't get why you find that strange.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Sep 4th, 2015 at 04:42:42 PM EST
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Granted, he was still a teenager. But old enough for his chances at professional football to be zero. I imagine he had to grow up more quickly than others of  the same age. But he was still too innocent or ignorant about that part of reality.

Schengen is toast!
by epochepoque on Fri Sep 4th, 2015 at 04:50:40 PM EST
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But old enough for his chances at professional football to be zero.

How would you know that? Did he say what level of training he had earlier?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Sat Sep 5th, 2015 at 04:19:36 AM EST
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French clubs are full of African teenagers. The best become professionals, and their immigration status is regularised. But even for those who never become pros, the clubs are a powerful vector of integration.

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
by eurogreen on Sun Sep 6th, 2015 at 04:55:23 AM EST
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