Usain Bolt has dropped pursuit of a contract with a professional football team.
It says the jamaican sprinter, according to news agency Reuters.
The 32-year-old was in the autumn associated with the australian club Central Coast Miners. The two parties could not agree on a contract.
Maltese Valletta FC was subsequently ready with a contract to Bolt, but jamaicaneren thanked no.
Now he puts fodboldstøvlerne on the shelf.
– I will not say that it (the hunt for football career, red.) was not done properly, but I don’t think we did what we were supposed to, and it teaches you of. You live and you learn, says Bolt according to Reuters.
He will now put his effort into his business.
– I’m doing many different things. Sportslivet is over, so now I go into different companies. I have many things on the way, so I’m just trying to be a businessman now, ” says Bolt.
He resigned as a sprinter after the WORLD championships in athletics in 2017. He finished in third place in its last 100-meterløb.
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