{"id":6032,"date":"2018-01-09T23:25:32","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T06:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2018-01-09T23:26:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T06:26:35","slug":"usain-bolt-hold-football-trial-borussia-dortmund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/usain-bolt-hold-football-trial-borussia-dortmund\/","title":{"rendered":"Usain Bolt to hold football trial with Borussia Dortmund, as he eyes Man U move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/5a549db26a345.jpg\" alt=\"Usain Bolt to hold football trial with German club Borussia Dortmund, as he eyes Manchester United move\" width=\"730\" height=\"614\" \/><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_expand\"><ins id=\"aswift_3_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/ins><\/p>\n<p>Jan 10, 2018:\u00a0 Eight-time Olympic gold medalist, Usain Bolt has revealed he&#8217;s set to have a trial with German club, Borussia Dortmund as he looks to launch a football career after retiring from sprint racing.<\/p>\n<p>The Jamaican 100m and 200m world record holder who is the fastest man on earth and a die-hard fan of Manchester United told the Daily Express.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In March, we&#8217;re going to do a trials with Dortmund and that will determine what I do with that career, which way it goes. If they say I&#8217;m good, and that I need a bit of training, I&#8217;ll do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It makes me nervous,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t get nervous but this is different, this is football now. It&#8217;ll take time to adjust but once I play a few times I&#8217;ll get used to it. It was the same when I started track and field. I was nervous for a while until I started getting used to the crowd, people and everyone around and it falls into place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive text-center aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/alexis.lindaikejisblog.com\/photos\/shares\/5a549e491ea02.jpg\" alt=\"Usain Bolt to hold football trial with German club Borussia Dortmund, as he eyes Manchester United move\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old who retired from sprint after the World Championships in London last August, also admitted that one of his biggest dreams is to sign for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One of my biggest dreams is to sign for Manchester United. If Dortmund say I&#8217;m good enough, I&#8217;ll crack on and train hard. I&#8217;ve spoken to [former United manager Sir] Alex Ferguson and I told him he needs to put in a good word. 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