Spurs star Pape Matar Sarr on childhood

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Tottenham Hotspur player and Senegalese star Pape Matar Sarr opened up about his passion for football and childhood ahead of the team’s clash against Southampton.

PAPE MATAR SARR ON CHILDHOOD

Tottenham Hotspur player Pape Matar Sarr revealed that he always dreamt of being a footballer since he was a child. He went on to say that he always had a ball on him.

“I was an ambitious young man because my childhood was like that of other kids who dreamt of being football players. There were times when I was at school and other times when I was playing football in my neighbourhood, this is where I started. I liked playing football, so it was natural; I always had a ball with me. It was normal for me to call my friends to play football,” he said according to a press release shared with The South African by Showmax.

He went on to say that he used to kick the ball everywhere including his mother’s bedroom, which he wasn’t too happy about.

“But, yes, I was a little reserved, not very effusive. . . just like now, actually. I used to play a lot in my neighbourhood and even at home, in my mother’s bedroom. I used to kick the ball everywhere, so she wasn’t too happy with it,” he continued.

PAPE MATAR SARR: ‘MY DAD WAS PUSHING ME A BIT’

Sarr also explained that his whole family is involved in football from his father to uncles and grandparents. So, it’s been a cultural thing for him and his brother plays for Luxembourg.

“Not only my father, but my whole family is involved in football. My grandparents, my uncles – everyone. My brother plays in Luxembourg as well. So, it’s normal that football became a cultural thing for us, so we had to play football,” he said.

“It was part of your daily life, part of your DNA. That is all I lived for. Even with my studies, as my dad was pushing me a bit, but he would rather give me football boots than books or pencils,” he continued.