Hal Robson-Kanu was almost robbed of his football career before it had begun after two ACL injuries as a teenager... after defying the odds the Wales star is now going back to his roots to offer Britain's athletes a boost through his turmeric venture

Hal Robson-Kanu’s football career started where most young men’s finish. Some players struggle to come back from one serious knee injury, never mind two.

At just 15, he picked up his first cruciate ligament injury. Just twelve months later he felt his left knee rupture again.

Before he was ever old enough to sign professional terms, his chances of being handed them had essentially evaporated.

Any doctor would likely have raised an eyebrow at the idea of Robson-Kanu leaving the operating table to pursue a career that included 425 appearances for Reading, Swindon, Southend and West Brom.