EXCLUSIVE: 'Lionel Messi of FIFA' hopes to copy idol at World Cup thanks to his mum's encouragement
"I'm buzzing so I tell my mum: 'oh, I just beat the best players in the world.' She was like 'oh that’s cool. That's cool.'
"So from that moment, like my mum just locked into pro FIFA. And I just did everything that I needed to do to become a pro FIFA player." "From that moment, she’s come with me to every tournament minus a few. When she’s there she makes me calm down. His work with England's official esports team, known as the eLions, has since seen him face the likes of £105million Arsenal-bound Declan Rice, Jack Grealish and Bukayo Saka.
Asked to rank the players he's come up against, Tekkz told talkSPORT: "On paper, Trent was meant to be the best but I’ve played him and he’s not special. I wouldn’t rank him first.
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