United keepers sticking together

Romero is channeling his younger self when practising in his garden, providing some valuable advice for any children who are doing likewise during these difficult times.

“I always keep in a positive frame of mind,” he said. “I always believe that everything we do with a football is going to be something positive and is going to be important. Many of us like to practise our skills and tricks, setting different challenges with the ball. But many others know that simply by hitting a ball against a wall with your right foot, followed by your left foot, you are going to keep improving.

“As it goes, in my garden at home, I have this sun-lounger which we use for lying in the sun, and I’ve put it at the back of the garden and, from an angle, I try to keep hitting the same spot when I knock it against the sun-bed. I reckon that everything you can possibly do, and all the imagination that a kid can possibly have, is always useful, to feed that spirit for the game and that special feeling that all of us who play football carry within us.

“So, the best advice is never give up, always think positively and one day soon we’ll be enjoying that same freedom we had two or three months ago, and we’ll be able to show either out there on a football pitch or in a big park, in front of the people who are going to be watching us, just what we can do with a football.”