West Ham players if they didn’t become footballers... ⚒
Lukasz Fabianski

Mortgage Advisor, smart guy who studied hard at school.

A member of the Lech Poznań Ultras, gets right involved at the weekend
Darren Randolph

Irish folk singer - Followed in his mother’s footsteps as a singer in a small band, has been featured on a few major songs but mostly plays at pubs & bars.

Plays in goal at the weekend when he can
David Martin

Absolutely loves his sport, runs his own physiotherapy business

West Ham season ticket holder & could be found on Twitter under @DaveMartinCOYI
Vladimir Coufal

Works in a restaurant as a chef during the week

Loves the sesh at the weekend, usually in Euro house clubs in Prague until the early hours
Fabian Balbuena

Works as a security guard at a supermarket in Paraguay, all the customers know him by name

Plays 5 a side on a Tuesday night, always collects the subs
Issa Diop

Semi Professional basketball player for Toulouse, works as a window cleaner during the week

Not really interested in football, watches France if it’s on
Angelo Ogbonna

Runs a very expensive suit shop in Milan

Doubles up as a security guard & has been known to chase down & slide tackle shoplifters.

No photoshop needed..
Aaron Cresswell

Works at a Senior school in Liverpool as a PE teacher, all the kids refer to him as ‘Cress’

Manages his son’s football team at the weekend.. miles over the top on the sideline
Arthur Masuaku

Runs a shed sales business, very popular in his local community.

Has been trying to get an acting career going for a while, mostly just extra work at the moment
Pablo Fornals

Works in a sports shop full time but spends most of his time blogging about football

Has a massive following on YouTube & hasn’t missed a Villarreal game in years, snuck in with a press badge for Covid
Declan Rice

Is training to be a football coach but makes a fair bit from his Fifa YouTube channel.

Can often be seen mingling amongst the players at games, knows everyone - asks you to Subscribe & turn notifications on after every sentence
Tomas Soucek

Big family man, took a sensible career with a Czech bank after finishing university.

Likes running, doesn’t go to Slavia games much these days
Mark Noble

Another PE teacher, met Aaron Cresswell at a training course a while back, they regularly send each-other outdated memes on WhatsApp

Absolutely despises cricket
Michail Antonio

Works as a personal trainer & teaches spin classes. All the middle aged women know his name & follow his Instagram.

Absolutely lives for fitness, hasn’t had a carb since 2004.
Sebastien Haller

Published author, writes popular travel books.

Was inspired after he travelled to Indonesia in his gap year

Hasn’t watched 90 minutes of football since the World Cup
Jarrod Bowen

Works as a labourer with the family firm, known as an absolute grafter.

Has a season ticket at his local non-league side, loves a boot sale
Andriy Yarmolenko

Spy for the Ukrainian government

We do not talk about such things.
Robert Snodgrass

Works as an electrician during the week

Usually in the boozer in time for the Celtic 12:00 KO on a Saturday, Ladbrokes for a few bets at 2.45, then back in the boozer till close
Ryan Fredericks

Had a promising athletics career but had to quit after a series of injuries.

Works in an Estate Agents during the week, spends most of his wages on £600 bottles of champagne
Manuel Lanzini

Runs a popular travel account on Instagram with his fiancé, spends most of his time travelling

Basically what he does now but without the football
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