You might think it follows that there would be a clear correlation between money and success in sport. And then you study the achievements of the Team Sky cyclists, compare them to England’s best footballers in recent international competition and you realise that excellence is about much more than a sport’s wealth. This is not to reach for a familiar stick with which to beat footballers. Raheem Sterling, Jack Grealish, Fabian Delph and Jack Wilshere might have done their best this summer to reinforce certain stereotypes but the actual experience of meeting young players invariably underlines a very different truth. Almost without exception, they are intelligent, resourceful...
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