Why football was no longer fun for David Bentley
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- čas přidán 15. 01. 2016
- David Bentley was once tipped as the next David Beckham before retiring at the age of 29. The former Arsenal, Blackburn and Tottenham man explains why to Fletch and Sav.
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Met David Bentley at my local Tesco when he was still a Tottenham player, lovely guy! He saw I noticed him and gave me a nod, realised I wasn't sure if I should disturb him as he got in his car so he called me over and chatted to me about school (he went to the same school as me when he was a kid) and other stuff, was genuinely just a lovely guy, pleasure to meet!
SO MUCH BULLSHIT IT'S UNREAL
+Ay Raikage No it's not, I live in an area where a lot of players live/used to live. Van Persie when he was at Arsenal, Defoe, Ledley King, Peter Crouch, Marlon King, Victoria Beckham's parents house (not quite the same but still) I've still got David's signature at home, I didn't know he went to the same secondary school as me, he mentioned it because I was in my school uniform.
Fair enough it probably sounds like bullshit but it ain't. Literally opposite that Tesco's there's a kebab shop and the whole wall is full of pictures of the owner with footballers because they all go in there!
+CoysKing in from north London, which area you from
+Musty Rahman Goffs oak in Hertfordshire, you?
Good name.."COYSKING"obviously i'm a Spurs fan(in a fucking bad mood over those chelsea c..ts 2day)..Bentley looked a gifted player but never really managed any kind of consistancy at Spurs..Shame..
Sad, I feel sorry for him a bit. Then again he was a professional footballer and I'm a fat alcholic, so swings and roundabouts init.
I'm dying
Chill Joe
haha
Loool
Best comment I’ve ever read 😂
"I was depressed for years"
*everyone starts laughing*
why?
tyson fury was also depressed,obviously things going on beyond our comprehension.
Oh yeah people with money have no emotion
At least he's honest. He could have sat on a bench and raked in millions, but he decided not to. Still a shame he never reached his potential.
He did reach his potential he just wasn't consistent with it.
007Fusiion Therefore he didn't reach his potential.
Tex Truman There was a feeling that he was going to be the next David Beckham, but it just never worked out. His heart was never truly in it.
@@slothfromthegoonies8201Give someone a career, fame and turn that person into a millionaire, all of a sudden that person becomes comfortable and content. Bentley fell victim to that life style.
seems as if he completely lost focus-just loving the lifestyle is not good enough
He was real with himself. He was not happy and chose to move on with life in another direction. Credit to him as well for having the courage to do so.
"Another guest making his debut on the ssssshow today, he's an old tea - ey - ah - and, I've gotta say, one of - one of the funniest... grea... lads... great, great lad - David Bentley." - Robbie Savage once again nailing the job of being a tv presenter
adandad777 says the Chinese delivery driver sitting in his puma tracksuit bottoms
Hahaha thankyou for typing this out perfectly
My god, though he was having a stroke there for a second.
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LMFAOO. I didn’t even notice that till I saw this comment. Look at Joey Barton’s face like wtf
Such a pleasant guy. Met him at an open training session when he was at Spurs. He was the only player to go around to everyone waiting outside and sign autographs and take photos while most other players signed a few and walked off.
I've never seen Bentley interviewed before. Seems a genuinely nice and funny guy. Good luck for the future David.
Enjoyed this and I know exactly where he's coming from just as a football supporter; the game has reached a point where it is a lot more streamlined because of the money come into the game and that stakes - i.e. with it being a results business. Managers are in cut-throat jobs and that means players essentially are machines. Gone were the days where you can have pie n chips, turn up, and just go out there and play. Now it's "how many kilometres you ran", "assist", "completed passes", it's almost like Championship Manager and the Premier League is perceived essentially as a product.
is called professionalism
LIVERNIL723 c
is called 'capitalism'
LIVERNIL753 that was a good point but I have to disagree
To all of those dissing him, at least he was honest. He fell out of love with the game - it's not about professionalism. It's easier commenting about other's lives without being in that position dealing with it. I'm sure it must have been really tough, as is other jobs. And so what if he didn't achieve what he could have been. He tried, got paid for the work he put in, and didn't like it.
Derrick Tye He tried, maybe not tried as much as his more successful peers
Theres billions of people in the world. At any time there’s probably less than 10,000 people who are millionaire athletes. So funny how many people think they will automatically love the lifestyle and work etc
I can understand why he he fell out of love with football, great teams are built on team spirit so if players are acting all serious and not having a laugh with eachother they aren't a team with team spirit and togetherness. Be serious on the pitch yeah but off the field you gotta have a mix of dedication and fun to keep the team together.
How do you know what great teams are built on?
A professional footballer in the premier league that starts regularly gets paid 50-250 k after tax a WEEK, 52 times a year. They can't complain.
Many people may say negative things about him but he's one of the nicest footballers I met. There was an open training session to the fans at The Lane one time, many fans stayed behind outside the ground hoping to get autographs. While most of the team signed a few and went off, David stayed and went round to everyone giving photo as well!
Enjoyable conversation
Savage is acting like David Brent whenever Finchy turns up in the office, thinking he's on the same level but he's not, Bentley is his own man. Barton can see this from a mile off
They're mates....
Finchyyyy
Bentleyyyy
I seen a bit of David Brent too 😂
He's thrown a kettle over a pub. What has Barton done?
how many of us are gonna retire at 29 with millions in the bank? all the negativity sounds like sour grapes
He didn't retire on that though
@@lk7923 He did retire a millionaire though
I remember him scoring his first goal at the lane against Roma, everyone thought he was the new David Beckham and he had the potential to be like him, Bentley is always loved by the SPURS
Beckham isn't that good of a footballer
@@sidharthwarrier9001 Agree but he was a brilliant crosser and passer was Becks
Think he is the type of guy who loves to come into training and have a laugh, have banter with the lads but at the same time focus as well, like he did at Blackburn, that's why he played his best football, coz he enjoyed the laughs that came with being a pro footballer, then when he signed for spurs it was a more serious approach (which I think is only right), the banter and jokes wasn't there so he became unhappy and didn't play anywhere near as good for the rest of his career. He made 100% the right decision to call it a day as to him football away from the pitch became boring to him, and as he is a fun loving lad I'm not surprised he became bored and unhappy, which is a shame coz he is a top player! Glad he is enjoying his new life, seems a decent and honest lad!
I'm a rovers fan and he was top drawer for a four of seasons got tempted by spurs but the grass isn't always greener and he was never the same this lad had tons of potential if he'd of been advised better could if gone all the way
He and Pennant were the beginning of really technically gifted England players we've witnessed over the last eighteen years.
Pennant? 😂
A great player at blackburn. Like many before and after him . Played his best football at Rovers
Love the honesty of David. Great guy I bet, defo amazing footballer. Wish him all the best
Truly a great and lovely guy…hats off to him much respect
That intro from savage absolutely killed me, so awkward
He seems drunk
HES AN IDIOT. FLETCH IS EVEN WORSE.
A lot of respect for David. Footballers are people and I think we forget that. He's right despite all the money I would say it is very robotic life.
So does all the so called 9 to 5 jobs really, u just choose which one will make u more mobile
What a characteristic player.. football missing these players nowadays ..
I watched David Bentley play for my team Birmingham City for 6 months and I can confirm I fell out of love with football as a result
😂😂
Respect the honesty
He is handsome and got skills, shame to see he lost the fighting mentality for football
Was pure class for us 🔵⚪ what an attack we had, Bentley Tugay Dunn Pedersen Mccarthy and Santa Cruz 🔥
Farmer team all of them to be honest innit ? SMH
tottenham bro
in my opinion he was too cocky, then he fell back down to earth and realised he aint playin for a club like arsenal again, got lazy and didnt wanna graft his way back up
+bofhead92 He played for England after leaving Arsenal and 'grafting his way back up' at Blackburn.
+bofhead92 If that's what you took away from this interview, then, I don't know for you.
Lorenzo Franco Hes on bt sport hes not gonna admit he cba training
Bentley acts as if he was to laid back and fun for football. When the reality is he was to dull to cope with modern football. But fair play to him he quit and he's enjoying life now with lots of money.
And for Tottenham, who these days are a bigger club than Arsenal....
Robbie Savage reminds me of David Brent - anyone else see this or just me?
The practical jokes... :)))
seems intelligent but I don't think he's aware that he is
The most insightful thing that will ever be said about Bentley.
Gregor Carlin Yeah must be intelligent if he's capable of running his own business funded by being a millionaire from football lol
Absolutely deluded
B 94 your so..”awake.”
Chaz Dingle he runs restaurants, notorious for being difficult to run successfully
Bentley was a creative player and creative people tend to get bored sadly, that;'s ok, good for him for being different and realizing when to bow out
Still did more in the game than a lot of players could only dream of
Realised family lifes more important by sounds of it
He enjoyed his brief stint playing Gaelic football.
He seemed like a gent there too, was very respectful of the Cross lads. Scored 3 points too!
Seems like a top lad. Heard he has restaurants over in Gibraltar and Spain now, good to see he put his money to use.
The honesty is top class some player as-well And funny man
i like the way when he nd sav look at each other a smile comes over them remembering all the old times.
He even tried playing Ga with Crossmaglen
Gotta love David Bentley
Fair play I found this fascinating
Joey Barton speaks beautiful French
what a cozy little room they got there
Fair play to him, didn’t mope or sulk just moved on and cracked on with his life 👍….good luck to him
Love hearing stories from football before it was so commercialised
Bring fletch n SAV back, used to love this show!
Bentley wasn't a bad player for Spurs, he actually played an important role for them during the 09/10 season when Aaron Lennon was injured and when Spurs finished in the top 4 for the first time. Unfortunately I think Spurs lack the kind of culture which allows players to enjoy themselves and suffice to say, David Bentley was a player who probably was at his best as a footballer when he was happy and enjoying himself.
really nice and honest guy :)
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks.
he's was more into the glitz and glamour then playing football
5:30 Barton speaking out without thinking xD
I don't get it what's the controversy?
0.19 is that Savage laughing or is David Brent behind the camera. I love Savage such a comedy source
He has a great voice could work in radio
He did say once say footballers were being used as commodities and he felt he was just being used. That’s why he retired 🤷🏼♂️
As a Arsenal fan still gutted he was sold , David was pure quality anybody could see that .
Whats not discussed here are injuries.Personally,I believe that injuries psychologically destroyed him.Dont think he could ever find his form after a series of injuries he had
I think it would bw easy 2take negatives frm D Bentley interview..Too much 2young,at a Big club,not mentally tough enough,not willing 2dedicate hmself.And those points would have certain merits..But i think he was willing 2have the courage 2say"I'v had enough of this,it does'nt motivate me or excite me".In truth there's been plenty of players wth this state of mind,but their willing 2b a squad player or sub,warm the bench and punch their ticket(and get paid bundles)he's got twins and other interests,so he had the bottle 2fuck off..Good luck 2him..
0:50 his best playing memory 😂
The mighty Cardiff was too much for him ahaha, but he genuinely seems a nice guy who deserves a lot of respect for his decision
We’ve skirted round the fact that he didn’t play very well at Tottenham at all. If life has to be fun to do well loads of people would leave their jobs. It’s a symptom of ludicrous over payment in football that an average footballer can jack it in when he feels like it. So why all the sympathy
Bentley had it all. Looks, talent and potential, but fell victim to the football culture. After leaving Blackburn, he lost his way and got comfortable financially. No longer willing to fight for his place on the football field. He was content with the fancy holidays in the sun, nights out and partying, and becoming a man of leisure. This has happened to so many modern players in recent years.
From a footballing perspective, he didn't reach his potential, but from a personal point of view - financially comfortable, fancy holidays etc. sounds like he did alright
Bentley loved the mad bantz
was a class player scored goals at the highest level just didn't want it enough
The state of that Studio 😂
A honest footballer.
shame he finished so early seems a nice chap remember arsenal v spurs 4-4 he was quality that game and for Blackburn rovers so moves just kill players careers 😕
Bottom line is. Bentley is a top lad. He decided to give it up cause he wasn’t enjoying it.
Props to the lad.
imagine how your average person feels on 20k plus a year now thats the depression i might aswell give up now lool
omg he sounds so much like devlin
Seems like he went pro, lost motivation, only wanted to have fun and not work hard despite it ACTUALLY being a JOB, couldn't cope with the pressure and was only in it for the money and lifestyle in the end.
If he was in it for the money and lifestyle then why did he quit football when he could of had another 5 years minimum being paid good money?
Was a great player at school, moaned a bit at being kicked but it's because he was that good.
Real shame he was ill advised and ill supported, a great talent that dived out far too soon.
Wish him all the best.
I'm a Rovers fan and that team then Bentley tugay savage pedersen Emerton friedel samba nelsen Mccarthy Santa cruz Roberts the Hughes years fantastic times and we always seemed to do well against utd as a bonus
couldve played a few more years at WBA and mid table teams he didnt have it to get to the top thats why he packed it in
"got a lovely restraunt in spain, git another one in CHIGWELL" loooool
David Bentley is probs the most underated player ever
The media hyped him up too quickly. It must've gotten to his head and then he got back to earth again. Seems like a honest guy though.
Feel like that could happen to Dele Alli.
@@exmomemez1473 recently he’s changed his role at Tottenham. He still has time to adapt.
His career went downhill after he left Spurs and he could only play for clubs like FC Rostov in the Russian League, he clearly knew his time at the top was over.
Savage, Bentley and Barton quite the line up
im sure he would have found it "fun" if he could actually get in the first team anywhere
Four haircuts discuss pressures of living on top of the modern footballer and how to stay perfectly in position after the game
I totally respect this, not gonna lie I was small minded and most likely jealous of this man and that attitude probably contributed into how he was feeling somewhat.
Irony, top bloke.
Good luck to David 👍
I would quit football too, if I played for Tottenham😫🔫
😂😂😂
Ray S Mants unless u r a Chelsea fan. haha. no premier league club has improved in the last decade as much as spurs (without Arab money)
Except he wasn't playing for Tottenham when he quit
He was a Spurs player when he quit, but was out on Loan.
Loves the marching powder too much as well.
Everybody compared him to Beckham after he scored a goal from a free kick curled. Then he disappeared. I saw his interview after the game then now. I didnt even look for him. CZcams recommended this
Saw Him at Birmingham Airport with His family.
Meant to say a couple of seasons
Bentley was quality that season
He doesn't realise how fortunate he was i know people that people that would restart life to get the opportunity he had.
Every time he's on the verge of opening up and explaining why... he gets interrupted! Let him speak.
Was really interested to hear David Bentleys story. Shame the host kept finishing off his sentences.
Not many jobs are fun. And not many jobs pay as much as professional footballers.
‘You’d go in, your car would be nicked, fun stuff’ 😂
Swear this guy was on master bucks Portsmouth career
hes the archetype southerner
sounds like he got anxiety from all the social stuff + whatever was going on in his life
Which part of uk does his accent belong to ? David
If he was earning alot more money and winning silverwear he wouldnt of fell out of love with the game. He thought he was too big for his boots and suddenly realised he's accomplished nothing in the X amount of years he's been playing at high level
sounds like he was more interested in the lifestyle than actually playing football-his heart wasn't in it
Half the video gone before savage lets him get a word in
When he realised how bad he was he hated the game. simples