Usain Bolt football career: the sprint legend calls the time to dream of a professional football

Usain Bolt announced that he would no longer pursue his career in football, claiming "that it was fun as long as it lasted," but admitted that the situation was not handled the better. possible way.

The legend of the 32-year-old Jamaican sprinter won several Olympic gold medals in London, Beijing and Rio, before trying professional football after retiring from the track.

Bolt has been training with several clubs in recent years. The clubs of Borussia Dortmund and Norweigian, Stromsgodset, were among the biggest. But his best opportunity was won by the Central Coast Mariners of the A-League.

In a friendly match with the club, Bolt scored a brace during a match in October and had the chance to sign a contract with the team.

However, the two sides could not agree on compensation, as no commercial support was found to finance Bolt's desired wages.

As a result, the sailors and Bolt agreed to end the trial in early November.

Bolt also declined an offer on the Maltese side of Valletta in October, and was finally unable to find another option.

Now, Bolt has decided to end his dream of becoming a professional footballer and has expressed some regret as to how he was managed, even though he enjoyed the overall experience.

"I do not want to say that it was not treated properly, but I think we went there, not like we should do it and you learn your lesson, you live and you learn," he said. said Bolt.

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"It was a good experience, I really liked being in a team and it was different from athletics and it was fun as long as it lasted."

After giving up football and sprinting into his past, Bolt explained that he was focusing on future business.

"I just do a lot of different things – the sporting life is over, so I'm going through different activities now," Bolt added. "I have a lot of things in preparation, so, as I said, I'm just fumbling in everything and trying to be a businessman now." "