The former football star Tony Adams should in the future be president of the Rugby Football League (RFL) in the Uk.
the 52-year-old Adams was for many years a great profile on the pitch for Arsenal and the england national football team – both places he was captain.
It was more than 500 matches as midtstopper for Arsenal and 66 on the national team, before he 16 years ago set fodboldkarrieren.
along the Way, Adams had problems with both alcohol and drugs, which in 2000 prompted him to start the charity Sporting Chance, which advises and helps the athletes with their abuse.
It is through the charity that Tony Adams has ties to the rugbysporten. Sporting Chance has over the years helped more than 400 rugbyspillere with their problems.
Tony Adams takes over the presidency of the RFL in the middle of next year, when the current leader Andy Burnham stops. Burnham is a politician, and mayor of Manchester.
In the years after his active football career, Adams was manager for, among others, Wycombe and Portsmouth. He also tried his trænerevner in Azerbaijan and most recently in Spain, where he in 2017 was associated with Granada.
