Usain
Bolt will get the chance to fulfill his lifelong ambition of putting on a
Manchester United shirt but only if he can get over the cruel hamstring injury
that marked the end of his sprint career, Dailymail has reported.
The report stated that the Jamaican legend has been
called up for a United legends side to play against a Barcelona equivalent on
September 2 at Old Trafford.
However, he can only feature if he can be fit in three
weeks after injuring himself in last Sunday’s 4x100m final at the World
Championships in London. Bolt has long been a Red Devils fan and at various
times has talked up his ambition to play professional football. Now with his
athletics career over he will finally get the chance to show what he can do at
the Theatre of Dreams.
On a previous trip to Old Trafford back in 2012, he was
presented with a United shirt with ‘Bolt 9.63’ on the back. The number 9.63
being the time in seconds it took him to claim the gold medal in the 100m final
at the Olympic Games in 2012.
Former
United captain Bryan Robson will manage the home team, which will feature
ex-players including Champions League winners Andy Cole, Edwin van der Sar,
Paul Scholes, Jesper Blomqvist, Denis Irwin, Ronny Johnsen, Dwight Yorke, Wes
Brown and Phil Neville.
The other
former Red Devils stars joined by Bolt are Louis Saha, Mikael Silvestre,
Quinton Fortune and Dion Dublin. The Barcelona side will be managed by Jose
Mari Bakero and the greats set to feature in the game in aid of the Manchester
United Foundation include Gaizka Mendieta, Eric Abidal, Migel Angel Nadal and
Gheorghe Popescu.
The match will
be shown live on MUTV in the UK and tickets are on sale now from £20 for adults
and £5 for under 16s.
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