SPEND WISELY, URGES JAMAL

‘Planning for the future is the key’

- David Richardson

JAMAL Fyfield is urging young footballers to make sensible decisions with their money – and plan for life after football.

The experienced Boreham Wood centre-back has been raising the important, and often unspoken, topic of financial management among his peers.

Fyfield, 31, believes it is easy for upcoming players to lead a life they cannot afford and he doesn’t want future stars falling into the same traps he did.

“Over the years I’ve made the mistake of buying things I didn’t need and it’s only when you get older you realise that,” he told The NLP.

“I’ve always tried to talk to the younger players about it, but it can be hard to get through to people because everyone has their own ideas on things. The money in the game has changed so much even in Non-League.

“When I signed for Gateshead in 2016, I bought a Range Rover. It was a two-year contract with the club and a four-year contract with the car.