E191 - Kieran Trippier: How struggle made me stronger
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2023
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Kieran Trippier is the current captain of Newcastle United and is widely regarded as one of the best English right backs of his generation. As well as winning the La Liga title with Athletico Madrid, Kieran reached the Champions League final with Spurs and scored the opening goal for England in the 2018 World Cup semi-final against Croatia. He has played under some of the finest managers in the game including Diego Simeone, Mauricio Pochettino, Gareth Southgate, Sean Dyche and now Eddie Howe. We spoke to him at St James’s Park as Newcastle close in on possible Champions League qualification.
In this episode Kieran reveals the difficulties which almost made him quit football before a period of development made him into the professional he is today. He recounts the ways in which different managers were able to help him reach the some of the biggest footballing stages in the world, taking us into the dressing room of the Champions League semi-final which saw Tottenham overturn a 3-0 deficit in the second half. He also leans into the darker side of his career, and the effects of the abuse he has suffered online which led him to pursue a career in Spain before returning to the Premier League in 2022.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, I'm Jay Cumpfrey and this is High Performance, the award-winning podcast |
| 0:04.9 | that reminds you that it's within. |
| 0:07.7 | As always, hello and thank you to all of our listeners right across the world who tune |
| 0:11.6 | into us every week so that we can be your armour, be your partner, be your guide in a world |
| 0:16.9 | that so often feels negative, divisive and confused. |
| 0:20.8 | Look, we want these conversations to remind you of your power, of your potential and what |
| 0:25.7 | your capable of. |
| 0:26.7 | So right now, I allow myself and Professor Damien Hughes to unlock the mind of a Premier League |
| 0:32.0 | footballer who's had the most incredible season. |
| 0:36.1 | Today, this awaits you. |
| 0:38.2 | There was one moment in MacRew where I didn't really want to play anymore and I'll never |
| 0:42.3 | forget it. |
| 0:43.3 | I was living in Bandsley on the owning a apartment and mum drove up and yeah she just sat me |
| 0:49.0 | down and just made me realise what they sacrificed. |
| 0:54.3 | That was a tough three or four months left. |
| 0:56.3 | I didn't really speak to my wife about it. |
| 0:58.4 | Even she realised the negativity in the stadium that I was getting, which was tough. |
| 1:04.1 | It was tough to take. |
| 1:05.1 | So let's talk about going from Sean Dinesh's own manager to Maurizio Puchatini as your |
| 1:09.3 | manager. |
| 1:10.3 | Shock. |
| 1:11.3 | When I know the day to Cancun, come back thinking I was in Good Nick, I'm an exponent, I'm |
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