Nathan Collins: “football is your whole life, you don’t know much else other than football”
Despite a frustrating six months under Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui, Collins is already pivotal to the Irish defence. Just as the attack focuses on supplying Ferguson, who is four caps and one goal into a career of unlimited promise.
Barry Ferguson’s career was ended by a hip injury at 29. After a tour of English clubs, he returned to Ireland and played 174 games for Longford Town, Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers. An FAI employee, dating back to 2007, Mr Ferguson, like Mr Collins, has done most of the heavy lifting up to now. The father keeps the son grounded. “Exactly, my dad would kill me if I got carried away. He’d probably pull me away from football, to be fair. Evan looks the same, he is humble, doesn’t try to show off. That’s crucial to keep getting better as a player.”
An immediate lesson for Ferguson is how Collins dealt with this year at Wolves. After last summer’s £20.5 million move from Burnley, he looked solid in a team rooted to the bottom of the Premier League. Bruno Lage was sacked in October, and Lopetegui arrived from Sevilla and signed 33-year-old Craig Dawson in January, just as Collins hit a purple patch.
“My job was to train harder, work harder and get myself back into the team. Who I am as a person, I will never give up.”
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