Touching story: Man Wood footballer sold phones and cigarettes on the street

Eric Banily before becoming a footballer was just a street salesman selling phones and cigarettes.

Baily had also played with the youth team in Espanyol, and that was when he received the first payment as footballers.

The 25-year-old who now earns 80,000 euros a week has shown that it has reached this point with the help of parents. Baily showed “when I received my first payment, I made a bank transfer for my family”.

I spent five years selling cigarettes on the streets of Abidjan to play for the world's largest club”, the footballer was declared.