Manchester City keeper Joe Hart has revealed that he was once close to signing for Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The 29-year-old - currently on loan at Serie A outfit Torino - joined City from Shrewsbury Town in 2006 but has admitted that his career could have taken a different path.
"When I was 10 or 11 I was playing for Shrewsbury, but had a bit of a meltdown for one of the games, I said 'dad I don't want to do this'," Hart told Sky Sports News. "It was dead regimented, I wasn't about to play with my friends in Sunday League, you couldn't do this or that. I went and told the coach it wasn't for me. Dave Timmins the goalkeeping coach, Mr Shrewsbury, said if I ever wanted to come back it was open for me.
"I played in goal for my county and went on trial at Wolves. I got strung along and did a 13-week trial. That got binned and then at about 14 I was playing Sunday League, we had to line the pitch up and walk across it to check for glass and dog mess, stuff like that, it was a bad day and my dad said listen I love you but I can't watch this anymore.
"I said shall we try the Shrewsbury thing? I got involved and Dave really pushed me. At 14 I was training with the first team in the Easter holidays."
Hart is expected to be sold next summer, with City's Premier League rivals Liverpool reported as a potential destination.
Neil Wilkes
