When you’re in demand by icons of the game like Thierry Henry and Jose Mourinho, you have to be doing be doing plenty right.
At 18 you must have dollops of potential too, and pre-season that’s exactly what Montreal Impact acquired when former Tottenham starlet Luis Binks saw MLS as the next development step in his career.
Despite finding it a huge wrench to leave the north London giants, Binks’ decision was influenced around lack of first-team opportunity and frustration at playing Premier League 2, essentially u23 football (on which he has some strong opinions).