Manchester City captain Kyle Walker admits he never began his career as a fullback.
For many, Walker is now the best fullback City have seen.
But he told the club's website of his time as a junior with Sheffield United: I don't know a right-back or a full-back who started off there. I couldn't get a game at centre-forward to be completely honest.
I signed my scholarship and there were better centre-forwards than me, even though I went to Lilleshall as a centre-forward at Under-16s. I was a late developer. I didn't grow and I was very light.
We played Nottingham Forest and they had a quick winger, but the right-back at the time wasn't playing for one reason or another. The coach put me there and from that day on I have never played another position.
At first, I thought why am I not playing centre-forward? Why am I not getting the goals and the glory? But you soon realise it's quite enjoyable. Your role changes in the team and I enjoyed setting people up rather than scoring.
I went from getting the odd 10 or 15 minutes in the first four months after I came out of school and into full-time football, to playing every game."
