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In his interview, Henry talks about playing for New York Red Bulls and the moment with his daughter where he realised his body just wasn’t responding anymore.

He said his daughter asked to play tag and his body couldn't move.

It reframes his MLS spell a bit, because it wasn’t just a retirement league phase. It was clearly a stage where he was becoming aware that his playing career was coming to an end.

Do Red Bulls fans look back at his time there more emotionally now, knowing what he was going through off the pitch and even on it?

Came across an old Kevin Campbell story about Rooney being involved around Everton’s first team at just 14.

It’s almost unthinkable compared to modern academy systems, especially with how strict safeguarding rules and structured development pathways are now.

It makes you wonder whether early exposure to senior environments like that actually helped accelerate players back then, or whether it would just be seen as too risky in today’s game.

Do you think any player at 14, could join the premier league in today's day and age and dominate, the way Rooney did for Everton?