Bayern Munich star Kingsley Coman reveals he is a BOLTON fan after growing up supporting club
KINGSLEY COMAN might play for one of the best clubs and the reigning World Cup winners – but he is proud to support a team in England’s third tier.
The Bayern Munich winger says he is a fan of Ian Evatt’s Bolton Wanderers, who finished ninth in League One least season.
The 40-cap France star made the revelation when quizzed by ESPN about his allegiance to British sides.
When asked which team in the UK he supports, he replied with an eye-brow raise and a chuckle: “Bolton!”
And when pressed as to why he had picked the Trotters, he added: “Because I liked this team when I was young.”
Coman is 26-years-old so it is likely his love for the Trotters was forged during their top-flight days between 1995 and 2012.
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More specifically, his fondness for the fallen northern giants was probably cemented by watching Sam Allardyce‘s vintage side of the early and mid 2000s.
Big Sam built a swash-buckling Wanderers Prem side which was a match for anyone on their day.
They became many fans’ favourite ‘second team’ with a line-up which featured thrill-a-minute Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha and former Real Madrid maestro Ivan Campo.
Throw into the mix, 82-cap France playmaker Youri Djorkaeff, and mercurial French moaner Nicolas Anelka – and Coman’s loyalty starts to make sense.
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Coman’s club honours include a combined haul of 11 top-flight titles from spells with Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern.
He was inured when the French became world champions in 2018 but he is likely to make a big impact at Qatar 2022.