{"id":1083403,"date":"2023-05-10T15:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1083403"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T15:44:56","slug":"football-brothers-best-sibling-rivalries","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/football-brothers-best-sibling-rivalries\/","title":{"rendered":"Footballing Brothers: The best sibling rivalries in the beautiful game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now we’re no mathematicians but we’re pretty confident that at least 7.8 out of 10 children grow up wanting to be footballers. Yeah, that seems pretty accurate. And who can blame the little devils?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a dream job. Running around with your mates doing what you love all day? There are far harder gigs out there.\u00a0Don’t forget the money. The absolute shed load of cash that players earn only adds to the appeal.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the glory. Oh, the glory. Talk about job satisfaction.<\/p>\n

Carving out a professional career in the beautiful game is an achievement in itself. Those that manage it are part of a select few and become the envy of, well, almost everybody.<\/p>\n

But what about when lightning strikes twice in the same household? A leg up in the game courtesy of a generous footballing gene pool is a lot more common than you might think. Let’s face it, sibling rivalry affects us all. ‘Anything you can do I can better’ and all that malarkey.<\/p>\n

So, here are a collection of footballing brothers that Squawka has an awful lot of time for. Some of them you will know, some of them you won’t, but either way, don’t go squealing to your mum about it. Or there’ll be trouble.<\/p>\n