Reading Roars!

An interview with Dave Kitson, Royal who will never be king of the castle, appeared in The Guardian’s sport section today in which the Reading FC striker revealed a remarkably modest character.  Premiership footballers are getting a bit of criticism these days (quite rightly) for shameful behaviour off the pitch.  Players such as Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas and Kitson stand out for being, well, refreshingly different.

Kitson explains:

I don’t own a car.  I refuse to shell out the amount of money for a car that I should be worthy of having at this level. If I spent more than £10,000 on a car, if you could see where I came from, and you could see what my dad is driving around in and you could see my friends who I used to play football with driving around in their Sky vans, it just wouldn’t be right. I’m no better than any of those.

Some of those players were 10 times the player I was. I got lucky. If I went back into my neighbourhood in a Porsche or a Bentley there would be hell to pay. That’s just cars. I have no jewellery. I don’t wear any chains or any watches. I wear plain clothes, no logos. I don’t have a boot deal - I refuse to have one. I am just happy going along and being me and I really don’t want to be that fella what I see every day. I really want to avoid it

In the unlikely event that you are reading this, Fabio, I urge you to consider Kitson for England.