A football player’s career in the English Premier League lasts for 8 years on average. Some world-class players buck the trend and compete for more than a decade at the highest level.
Mathieu Flamini, Arsenal’s combative midfielder, is one player preparing for his post-playing days.
Flamini is renown for his high intensity work-rate on the field and his never- say- die attitude. However, he is currently on the wrong side of his 30’s and has been spending more time on the sidelines as Francis Coquelin and Santi Carzola have cemented their place as the preferred central midfield pair in Arsene Wenger’s first eleven.