Coldplay guitarist Jonny Buckland has admitted that he would love to play for his favorite football team – current relegation candidates Tottenham Hotspur.
The guitarist has recently completed a world tour, and is resting at home in England. In an interview with the club’s official magazine Hotspur, Buckland revealed his lifelong love of the team – currently languishing in the lower regions of the Premiership.
The musician was asked if he would give up music for football, and it seems that it was tough call for Buckland to make.
“I wanted to be in a band from age 11,” he joked, “but I wanted to be a footballer from the age of five. But there’s still time!”
Buckland also revealed that Coldplay run a football team of their own, playing scratch teams of locals across the world. “It’s just a six-a-side thing,” he said. “We try and find some locals to play with wherever we are in the world.
“There’s me and Will (Champion), a couple of guys from the crew and we’ve got a security guy in goal. He’s a man mountain, so it’s really hard to score past him.”
