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Footballers are entitled to a social life

WITH every passing week, I understand more and more why football players don’t want to talk to fans, let alone journalists.

While the disconnect between supporters and players grows, and part of the reason is footballers becoming more and more secretive, the other part is people abusing the goodwill of players.

I saw two great examples last weekend. It started off with the latest England superstar, Harry Winks. Winks didn’t play in the 0-0 draw against Germany on Friday, but as a fan, went to the game regardless and sat in the crowd.

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