Troy Deeney has revealed his father once picked him up with a man locked in the boot of his car in an astonishing story from his early career.
The forward, now at Birmingham after switching from long-term club Watford this summer, told the story in a column for The Sun, in which he reflected on his family life and the early moments during his carer.
Deeney was playing for Walsall at the time, where he spent four years before joining Watford in 2010, scoring 27 goals in 130 appearances.
Deeney recalled the tale of his adoptive father, Paul Anthony Burke, who picked him up from a game against Northampton in an unfamiliar blue Mercedes.