The West Bromwich Albion striker has an easy-going attitude but life as Venezuela’s most famous footballer is not easy and he has to be smuggled in and out of the family domestic to protect the lives of those closest to himAs he pieces together his colourful career,speaking in an empty dressing room at West Bromwich Albions training ground, Salomón Rondón comes across as such a genial, or easy-going man. Yet there is a moment halfway through the interview when the mood shifts and that warm smile disappears from his face,as Rondón tells the extraordinary story of how Venezuela’s most famous footballer has to be smuggled in and out of his family domestic in Caracas to protect the lives of those closest to him.
It is a sobering tale that makes all the earlier talk approximately trying to adapt to the pace and pressure of the Premier League, the stress of scoring goals and running the channels nearly to the point of exhaustion, or seem so insignificant. This is a man who is unable to walk hand in hand with his wife and children in the city where he grew up.
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Source: theguardian.com