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TALENT: Farnworth shows his skills
MANCHESTER CITY have certainly hit the heights this season – but John Farnworth reckons he is going even higher.
The Lancashire lad is tackling the Mount Everest Football Challenge in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.
Farnworth, 32, is going to juggle a football as far as he can up the world’s highest mountain.
The ex-Preston North End apprentice will set a world record during his 10-day Himalayan adventure, during which he’ll be assisted by two Sherpas.
As a football freestyler, Farnworth has already found his way into the Guinness Book of Records EIGHT times.
The former world freestyle champion said: “My grandfather passed away from Alzheimer’s this year and seeing what he and the family went through prompted me to try and do something positive in his memory and to help others.
“I’m attempting to raise as much money for the Alzheimer’s Society as possible.”
Farnworth, who has had to endure City’s success this season as he is a Manchester United fan, developed his skills at one of renowned coach Simon Clifford’s Futebol de Salao Brazilian soccer schools.
★Anyone wishing to make a donation to support John or sponsor his effort can do so through a justgiving fundraising page, which is: www.justgiving.com/everestfootball
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They gave Mesut Ozil (below) the contract he wanted after losing Alexis Sanchez to Old Trafford.
The Germany international, 29, has signed a deal until 2021, worth £350,000 a week, making him the highest-paid player in the club’s history. United had been eyeing Ozil – who played for Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid – for free in the summer, if he had not agreed a new contract at The Emirates.
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