Usain Bolt all set to play football at Old Trafford

Usain Bolt

Multiple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will line up opposite British pop star Robbie Williams in a charity football match at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium, the Jamaican revealed yesterday. The now retired Bolt had given a teaser of what was to come on Twitter on Monday, claiming that he had signed for a football club and would reveal all 24 hours later. His new team is the Soccer Aid World XI - a motley crew put together to help raise money for the United Nations Children's Fund, Unicef. Not only has football-mad Bolt, the fastest man alive, been recruited for the match, but he is also named captain, with former Take That star Williams leading out an England side in opposition.

Robbie Williams

Speaking on a publicity clip published by Bolt, 31, on his Twitter account Williams, wearing an England shirt, says the match will feature "celebrities, legends and a brand new captain for Soccer Aid World XI". Man Utd fan Bolt then adds: "Robbie, let me entertain you," in a reference to Williams's hit 1998 song of the same name. The video also features Brazilian great Ronaldinho and Real Madrid coach
Zinedine Zidane.

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