TOUGH-tackling footballer Robbie Savage has become a vegan after joining a non-league team as manager.
The ex-Wales midfielder, who once held the Premier League record for yellow cards, is the new boss of eco-friendly Forest Green Rovers.
The club serves only vegan food in the players’ canteen and to fans on match days.
And Robbie, 50, says he has aligned with the club’s stance and has given up eating meat and replaced dairy with oat milk.
The ex-Leicester City and Derby County star won his first pre-season game, beating Slimbridge 3-0, and is determined to get his team, based near Stroud, Gloucs, back to the football league.
He added of the Cotswolds: “It’s a beautiful place, though I have a little French bulldog and I’m not sure her legs will get over the hills, I’ll have to carry her.”
Meanwhile, the club’s owner, eco-warrior Dale Vince, has been told he needs permission to fly a giant Palestinian flag hoisted on his firm’s HQ – as it is not recognised as a country.
The Ecotricity boss was ordered to get planning consent for the banner, which has been hung from his offices in Stroud, Glos.
Vince, who owns Forest Green Rovers, said: “We are flying the flag out of solidarity with Palestinian people.
“The council got in touch and said ‘Oh, you can’t actually fly that flag without planning permission because Palestine is not recognised by the British government’.”
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