Mick McDermott
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 23 Jul
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I would say I've worked with a few national teams.
I've worked with some stars at other clubs and
And overall, I was really surprised at the demeanour of the Ghanaian players.
Considering their, whether they be Manchester City or Lyon or Auxerre or Athletic Bilbao, Inaki Williams, you know, these boys are celebrities and stars in their clubs.
I haven't as a whole come across a group of more humble players.
down to earth fellas in all my time in football the Iranian teams I worked with were humble hard working guys but these guys were unbelievable and Semenya was one of them
I observed him many days, pictures with kids, playing with kids in the car park before we went on the bus.
I walked into a gym one day, we trained at a university in Washington, D.C., and we were leaving and we couldn't find Semenyo, and I walked into the basketball gym, you know those American basketball gyms, it's beautiful.
And there was a basketball camp that had been going on, and he's in there shooting hoops with about 10, 17-year-old kids.
And I didn't realize he was a competitive basketball player as a youth.
And he actually wanted to be a basketball player.
So he's shooting hoop, but I'm worried about him getting injured.
So I'm saying, Antoine, come on, let's go.
And he says, give me a minute.
I says, come on, let's go.
They just want to entertain themselves.
So he's shooting hoops and the kids are, you know, yelling and screaming and shooting hoops with him.
And I said, come on, we got to go.
And he said, okay.
He took a basketball.
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