Jeremie Frimpong: TAW Special
5/12/202619 min
John Gibbons sits down for an exclusive with Jeremie Frimpong about his career, this path to Liverpool and his time in a red shirt so far, as well as a chat about Jeremie's 'Pathways' initiative. The 'Pathways' Project is a career transition initiative designed for aspiring footballers aged 15-22, with a focus on professional academy players. It aims to guide them through exploring diverse career pathways beyond football. 'Pathways' are holding an event in Manchester on Saturday 23rd May in Manchester, you can get your tickets here Alternatively, you can contact The Pathways initiative at contact@joinpathways.com or register for updates at www.joinpathways.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJohn Gibbons· Host0:00
[upbeat music] This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network It is John Gibbons from The Anfield Wrap, and I'm really excited to be joined, uh, by Liverpool and Holland's, uh, Jeremy Frimpong. Jeremy, thanks for meeting up with us today. Appreciate your time.
Jeremie Frimpong· Guest0:13
No problem. No stress. Pleasure.
John Gibbons· Host0:15
Well, I want to talk to you first of all about Pathways, which is a project that you're involved with. Um, tell us a little bit about that and, and why you wanted to, to set that up.
Jeremie Frimpong· Guest0:24
Yeah. Pathways is something that I always wanted to do, um, when I was younger, you know. Pathways is more about... Yeah, of course you... Right now it's about, like, the football aspect, but it's more about just giving you, like, someone a second chance, like, in life. If s- if, like, this path is not working for you, there's always, like, a- another path, you know. Uh, obviously right now, for instance, football, if you don't, like, get scholarships or professional contracts, like, the Pathways is there for people to help you get back into, like, what else you want. What... If you want to go back into football, other things, you know. It's just there for, like, to help you. A guide, you know? Yeah.
John Gibbons· Host1:05
Growing up and, and coming through, you must have known some really talented footballers who it didn't quite work out for. They might have got an injury a bad time, or, or different things happened. Was that part of your motivation when you, you, you saw these, these, you know, really talented kids, it doesn't quite work, and then they're maybe not sure what to do next if they've always just the football has been the dream?
Jeremie Frimpong· Guest1:26
Yeah, 100%. I think for me when it was, like, scholarship