USAIN BOLT insists he’s “ready” to lace up his boots for a team brimming with ex-Premier League footballers.
The fastest man in history had a crack at forging a football career after retiring from track and field in 2017.
He trained with Borussia Dortmund and Norwegian outfit Stromsgodset before scoring twice in a friendly for Australian side Central Coast Mariners.
It never went any further than that – but Bolt seems tempted by the prospect of linking up with other famous faces at Wythenshawe Vets.
The Cheshire Veterans Football League club has become a playground for former Prem stars over the past few months.
Danny Drinkwater, Marc Albrighton, Papiss Cisse and Oumar Niasse are just some of the ex-top-flight ballers to have played for them – while Antonio Valencia, Joleon Lescott, Danny Simpson and Maynor Figueroa are all registered.
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Asked whether he would fancy a game, Bolt told talkSPORT: “Listen, I’m ready. I’m ready. If I get into some shape, I’m ready to go.”
It was thought that the eight-time Olympic gold medallist could make a splash in pro football once he’d switched focus from the track to the pitch – given that he can cover 100 metres in 9.58 seconds.
But Bolt later revealed his regrets about heading to Australia to try and avoid the limelight.
The Jamaican, now 39, said: “I thought that if some players – I’m not going to name names, you know them – if they can play football, I can probably do it too.
“It was a great experience, I definitely enjoyed it.
“When I decided that I was going to go into it, I was like ‘I don’t want to stay in Europe’.
“Because of who I am, in Europe, the sole attention is going to be on me.
“I decided to go as far as possible away, but I think the correct thing to do was to actually stay in Europe where there were much better teams.”
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