Fresh from securing the most important dub of his career as the ePremier League champion, Manchester City’s eSports pro Shellz meets the VERSUS team to breakdown his story from sixth-form student to one of the best FIFA players on the planet. After picking up $60,000 in his first ever tournament, Shellz has since cemented himself as one of the world’s most successful and popular eSports FIFA pros. He’s one of the leading lights in a scene that’s now worth $4.3 million in prize pots every single year. The 21-year-old virtual baller joins ‘The Future of Football’ to talk about how he went from casual gamer to ePL champion, what it takes to stay at the top as an eSports pro, and whether it’s really the dream job every young gamer thinks it is.

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