Blackpool's Jensen Weir discusses the influence of his footballing father

Blackpool Gazette

Blackpool midfielder Jensen Weir discusses what it was like to grow up as the son of a Premier League footballer.   His dad David Weir played spent several seasons with Everton.

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00:00 big influence was your dad in sort of encouraging you to play?

00:02 I wouldn't say he pushed me to play, like he was never that type to kind of push me to play,

00:07 but he always gave me the freedom to do what I wanted.

00:09 And I took a liking to football and he would always help me if I needed anything.

00:14 We'd always play in the garden and stuff and he'd always be there when he was to play.

00:19 So he was definitely massive for me, you know, him being a player and me just wanting to play football when I was young.

00:24 So he was an inspiration for me.

00:26 And yeah, he definitely helped me a lot.

00:29 How early on did you realise you wanted to follow in his footsteps and hopefully do it professionally?

00:34 I don't think I kind of really like... I just enjoyed playing, really.

00:39 I think there was never any pressure to push or anything.

00:41 I just always enjoyed playing football.

00:43 And fortunately, I was given a good environment to go and enjoy my football and play, like,

00:50 Sunday League and then to go to a Wigan and stuff.

00:53 So I was, yeah, I just, I always kind of had that freedom to go and play and I just enjoyed going.

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