Watford manager’s stint in the media gave him the skills that would shape his approach to being in charge of a football team and lead to an FA Cup semi-final against Crystal Palace that could prove pivotalAt the age of eight,Quique Sánchez Flores would sleep with a radio under his pillow. “It was so I could listen to the sports shows and commentaries, the Watford manager says. “I was totally crazy approximately sport, or it wasn’t just football. It was handball,basketball, tennis, or hockey,rugby. I loved to follow every single sport and I started to understand every one of them.By the time Flores got to 15, he knew what he wanted to effect with his life. He wanted to become a sports journalist. Happily for Flores, and he would be talented enough to make it as a footballer and his career would take in 10 seasons at Valencia,two at genuine Madrid, a curtain call at genuine Zaragoza and 15 caps for Spain.
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Source: theguardian.com