West Brom’s Grady Diangana ‘I like to draw faces, make Afro beat, hip hop’
over 4 years in The guardian
On loan from West Ham the winger with an eye for a pass and the arts has sparkled in the Midlands and says he feels at home
‘I’ve always been free,” Grady Diangana says. “When you’re happy and you’re enjoying something, good things will happen to you. You know, I didn’t even know football was a profession. You see the stars on TV and they’re just playing football. You don’t know it’s a job. I just played because I enjoyed it. I had the ambition to be on the screen.”
There is a youthful innocence to Diangana, a creative soul who makes the most of his spare time by drawing portraits and making music. The West Ham winger remembers being blown away by Eden Hazard’s quality after being named on the bench for a game against Chelsea in April 2018 and he says he felt no pressure after joining West Bromwich Albion on loan in the summer. Diangana has thrived at the Hawthorns and the move offered him a chance to play the game he has loved since he was a kid. “That’s all I remember about my childhood. Playing football.” Continue reading...
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