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EXPERIENCE: Adam Reach

FOOTBALL is no country for old men. A game once populated by veterans with comb-overs is now the preserve of cherubic grandsons.
“We’re in a kind of paradox situation,” said Adam Reach, who at 31 is into his sixth month without a club after leaving West Brom in May. “With fitness and nutrition, we can all play for longer and longer.
“But it doesn’t matter because the profile of player that clubs want to sign is getting younger and younger.”
He’s right. Over the last ten seasons, the average age of a Ch...

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