Departing Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover has shared jokes a few telephone name with Hollywood star and Wrexham proprietor Ryan Reynolds relatively than dwell on the intense nature of the courtroom instances of a bunch of AAMI Park pitch invaders.
Glover, who was assaulted throughout December’s ugly Melbourne derby pitch invasion, was requested on Thursday to touch upon this week’s courtroom issues for a number of of the offending supporters.
Nine males had been positioned on good behaviour bonds with out conviction and banned from attending sporting video games for a 12 months.
“I’ve put that to bed and I haven’t really paid too much attention to that,” Glover mentioned forward of Melbourne City’s semi-final second-leg battle towards Sydney FC at AAMI Park on Friday evening.
“It’s good to see that put in place, but my main focus has been playing football and working hard each day.
“I wanted to stay well clear of that and focus on my footy.”
Glover has additionally needed to take care of rumours he’s becoming a member of Wrexham, the Welsh membership co-owned by Reynolds which has captured the creativeness of a bunch of soccer followers by gaining promotion to England’s League Two competitors after 15-year non-league soccer stint.
While Glover is unquestionably heading to Europe on the finish of City’s finals marketing campaign. he received’t be signing with Wrexham.
“I actually just got off the phone to Ryan Reynolds before I jumped in here,” Glover joked. “We can squash that mate, that rumour. I am actually a fan. Someone has seen that I follow them on Instagram and now its just absolutely blown up.
“I’m not going to Wrexham. I’m a big fan of them, I’ve followed them throughout … their back end of the season, saw them get promoted (but) no, (I’m) not going to Wrexham.
“People from England have messaged me and all my mates ,,, (but) definitely not true.”
But there’s no denying that Glover – who will likely be changed at Melbourne City subsequent 12 months by former Brisbane Roar and Western United keeper Jamie Young subsequent season – is heading abroad.
“I’ve been here four years now, so I feel like now is the right time to take that step back over to Europe,” the previous Tottenham under-21 gloveman mentioned.
“I’m not really fussed about where I end up; it’s just about what’s the next move in terms of progressing forward as a footballer and taking the next step.
“I don’t want to go to Europe for the sake of Europe. It’s got to be the right opportunity and where it’s going to put me in the best position to be playing games over there.”
Glover mentioned he was “staying humble” and “staying grounded” as he centered on successful the championship with City earlier than leaving the A-League.
“If we’re not on our game, we can be punished. Everyone’s ready to rock and roll,” he mentioned.
Originally revealed as Melbourne City goalkeeper Tom Glover eager to depart A-League on successful notice
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
