WATFORD CAPTAIN’S TRANSFORMATION
Deeney — from jail to Premier League riches
Deeney’s "light bulb" moment came when the cell door slammed and he contemplated a 10-month jail term for assault five years ago
Watford striker Troy Deeney’s "light bulb" moment came when the cell door slammed and he contemplated a 10-month jail term for assault five years ago. The 28-year-old, locked up for assaulting a student outside a pub, entered prison with his mother’s words ringing in his ears — at times like that she wished he had not been born. But Deeney rebuilt his life and his career and two years after he was released, having served three months, he was appointed Watford captain, a role he retains to this day. "The light bulb moment for me came when the door closed and my real world had stopped," said Deeney, who lost his father just before the attack that sent him to prison. "It was survival mode after that. People will go ‘right yeah survival mode’ and say that’s a bit drastic, but it was that. All my feelings and emotions cut off as I said to myself ‘you’ve got to get through this next few months’. "I didn’t have enough time to sulk or cry and do all the things you would think are natural re...
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