Adrian: Allardyce is a great manager - but he only speaks 'holiday Spanish'!

At what age did you decide you wanted to become a goalkeeper?
Well it’s quite a strange story. Before I joined Betis I played at school in my neighbourhood. When I was 10 I played as a striker, because I was tall and I enjoyed scoring goals. But then my team didn’t have a goalkeeper, so I decided to go in goal, but only as a stop-gap until we managed to get a new keeper. But I did quite well, the coach was impressed and the following year I was signed by Betis. To this day I’ve remained a keeper and now I’m no longer thinking of changing positions - I think I’ll stick to being a goalkeeper! (laughs)

You grew up in Seville, were you a Sevilla or Betis fan as a kid?
Forever Real Betis!

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