{"id":82211,"date":"2023-11-28T12:23:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=82211"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:23:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T12:23:37","slug":"forgotten-premier-league-star-swaps-sports-and-playing-against-former-team-mate-after-17-months-unemployed-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/lifestyle\/forgotten-premier-league-star-swaps-sports-and-playing-against-former-team-mate-after-17-months-unemployed-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten Premier League star swaps sports and playing against former team-mate after 17 months unemployed | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
PREMIER LEAGUE fans will always hold a special place in their heart for the audacious skills and close control of Hatem Ben Arfa.<\/strong><\/p>\n But despite his previous days of leaving fans mesmerised with his footwork, he has now taken a new path with a different sport.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The 36-year-old has been without a club for 17 months after he left Lille at the end of the 2021\/22 season.<\/p>\n And following his short but feisty spell with the French club he turned his focus to a new sport – padel.<\/p>\n Padel is a Mexican game similar to both tennis and squash and is played on a small court that has fencing all around it that the ball can be played off.<\/p>\n The unusual career path has been revealed by Le Parisien who have explained that Ben Arfa has completely shifted his focus onto the new sport.<\/p>\nREAD MORE IN FOOTBALL<\/h2>\n