I met Arek when I was a football agent, and training a pool of youth and senior players to help them get professional and non-league club trials, which included playing games aginst very good non-league clubs and even Welsh Premier League dynasty TNS. We didn’t get off to a good start, as I had to be quite harsh and tell Arek that he was too ‘nice’ to be an elite striker. However, he quickly endeared himself to me by accepting the criticism and focusing on building his mental and physical strength.

Subsequently, he endured a long period of character challenging adversity from injuries and being in the wrong clubs, at the wrong time, with the wrong managers. However, out of adversity, those who succeed in life, sieze opportunities and so Arek embarked on gaining his qualifications in sports performance and nutrition and founding his business, which is now thriving.

Arek’s value to any aspiring footballer, is that he understands how they feel and even more, what it takes to get to the very top and stay there. If any of ‘COACH GRUMPY’ (yours truly) has rubbed off on him, he will relentlessly push his players to pursue perfection and guide them along their pathway to their dreams.