'i'd Love To Be A Wwe Wrestler' - Guehi In His Own Words

Kelly Somers: What does shot mean to you?

Marc Guehi: Football is simply a large portion of my life. It has been for a agelong clip now. It intends a lot. I americium capable to do thing I emotion each azygous day, capable to supply for my family, capable to make friends. It intends a lot.

Kelly: What are your first memories of shot and having a shot astatine your feet?

Marc: Playing successful nan parkland pinch friends. I utilized to do that arsenic often arsenic possible, and past done that my Sunday League squad - Cray Wanderers - and nan agleam orangish aliases yellowish kit we had enactment successful my memory. I still clasp them beloved to my heart.

Kelly: Talk to maine astir immoderate of nan names of players and group you retrieve playing pinch backmost then.

Marc: Yeah, Jadon, Marlon, Adam, James, McKenzie… we really had a really bully team. I'm nan fortunate one, but that's not because I was amended than anyone else. Marlon was truthful good. He was a midfielder and was astatine Arsenal's academy. Adam was astatine Chelsea's academy pinch me.

Kelly: So why are you present today? How did you get to this constituent and not them?

Marc: God's grace. Hard work, I guess. I wouldn't opportunity location was thing successful particular. Everyone's lives spell different ways for immoderate reason. They could beryllium doing astonishing things correct now. Who knows if shot had taken them down a different path? I'm conscionable fortunate I americium successful this position today.

Kelly: Is location a clip that really shaped your career?

Marc: I'd opportunity my clip connected indebtedness astatine Swansea was a large turning point. Coming from Chelsea's academy and going to specified an astonishing nine that made maine consciousness invited from nan beginning... not playing correct away, having to beryllium connected nan bench, having not to recreation to games and experiencing nan difficult broadside of football... I wouldn't opportunity woke maine up, put maine successful my place. That decidedly helped maine understand nan world of shot a spot better.

Kelly: Was location a speech astatine Swansea that made you think, 'This is what I request to do?'

Marc: I retrieve having a fewer conversations pinch Wayne Routledge and Nathan Dyer. Two group who I look up to. Two group who helped maine a lot. They were adamant that I should conscionable transportation connected being myself and excelling successful that area because, astatine nan extremity of nan day, if you're not yourself, what's nan point? Having group for illustration that helped maine on nan measurement and decidedly guided my path.

Kelly: Is location anyone who you beryllium your profession to?

Marc: I'm grateful to God, obviously. He's helped maine on nan full way. Definitely my parents, for sure. They person sacrificed a lot, put nutrient connected nan array erstwhile they astir apt couldn't [afford it], Dad driving maine to training each nan clip moreover though location wasn't a batch of petrol, Mum making judge I was OK. So they person decidedly helped maine from nan beginning.

Kelly: Your dada John is simply a religion minister. What power has he had connected you?

Marc: I benignant of mentioned it astatine nan Euros - it was God first. There were times connected Sundays erstwhile location were games that I wasn't capable to spell to because he had to beryllium successful religion and I wholly understand that. He understood it [football] was thing I loved to do and understood it was a calling successful a way. For him to person done that and been location from nan opening is amazing.

Kelly: What does your dada do now? If you play connected a Sunday does that mean he can't watch?

Marc: They spell to religion first. The family spell to church. Church will commencement astatine 10:30. It will beryllium vanished astatine 12:30 and they unreserved location aliases unreserved to nan stadium to watch maine if it's a 2pm kick-off. They travel to astir of nan location games, nary distant games.

Kelly: Back erstwhile you were increasing up, what was an mean time successful nan Guehi family like?

Marc: Everyone was working. I was astatine school. Mum and Dad were doing immoderate cleaning jobs astatine nan time, my [three younger] sisters were moving around. I'd get backmost location and it was conscionable jokes and laughter. I americium much of a joker now! My sisters are very, very funny - they person sewage a bully consciousness of humour.

Kelly: What was nan family move like? What benignant of narration do you person pinch your sisters?

Marc: I'm not needfully their older brother, if that makes sense? I don't enactment for illustration their older brother. We each spot each different nan same. There's nary existent 'he's nan older brother'. I americium by property but we each enactment very childish astir each different - very silly. We don't return each different seriously... changeless jokes and making nosy of each other. It's good.

Kelly: Is it correct that you still unrecorded astatine location pinch them?

Kelly: How would your family picture you?

Marc: They'd telephone maine a troll! As in, I'm ever trolling. I'm not serious. I travel crossed very, very superior but not to them. 'Uncle Marc'… it comes crossed arsenic superior but not excessively serious.

Kelly: What do you for illustration to do to flight from football?

Kelly: Escapism… it sounds for illustration it's really important to you.

Marc: I deliberation it's positive. When you are successful this situation 24/7, wanting to triumph games, wanting to beryllium nan best, wanting to do everything for nan fans…you request thing that takes your mind distant a small bit. In a measurement it gives you a refresher - a measurement to restart and put yourself successful nan champion position to get backmost into that mindset again.

Marc: Limitless. I emotion Bradley Cooper. You request to spell and watch it. I emotion that film.

Kelly: Are you a sociable person?

Marc: Yes, but I don't person galore friends. All my friends are either successful different countries aliases unrecorded successful Manchester aliases Liverpool truthful it's difficult to connect.

Kelly: How would your champion friends picture you?

Kelly: How would you picture yourself?

Marc: I'd opportunity 'Work to do'.

Kelly: You're ever looking forward, aren't you?

Marc: I person to. I can't beryllium still.

Kelly: What's nan 1 lucifer that stands retired from your career?

Marc: The FA Cup final? No, no…not for me. That's not moreover great... I spot that much for nan shot nine and nan fans. I'm really happy for them. But for me… I don't deliberation I person 1 if I'm being honest, conscionable because I deliberation that is still to come. There will beryllium 1 to travel astatine immoderate constituent successful my profession but not now.

Kelly: What are you astir proud of from your profession truthful far?

Marc: Just nan truth I person kept going. I'd opportunity I americium very difficult connected myself and I for illustration it that way. It keeps maine connected my toes, it keeps maine grounded, it keeps maine focused and wanting to improve. Just nan truth I person kept connected going. Not from immoderate extracurricular sound aliases anything, but conscionable nan unit I put connected myself. I'm rather demanding. The truth that I person almost successful a measurement battled it retired pinch myself and I person kept going is simply a bully thing.

Kelly: Tell america 1 point that would astonishment america astir yourself.

Marc: I'd emotion to beryllium a WWE wrestler. Growing up, watching WWE. It's connected Netflix. I've seen immoderate pay-per-views. I would emotion to beryllium a WWE wrestler. It tin beryllium vulnerable but nan capacity broadside of it… I'm a bully waffler connected nan mic... making group judge you're nan bad feline aliases nan bully guy.

Kelly: Finally, if you could execute 1 much point successful your career, what would it be?

Marc: To play until I americium 40. Obviously winning trophies is awesome and playing successful different competitions, but I deliberation that is existent testament to really master personification is. Obviously location are going to injuries and that's ever unfortunate, but God consenting I tin play for that long.