The dream of Usain Bolt, the eight-time sprint Olympic champion, of a professional soccer career seems to be coming to an end. The Australian club Central Coast Mariners, where Bolt has been training for some time and also played in friendly matches, has excluded the former sprint star from training.

The reason given for this is disagreement in the contract negotiations. While the Mariners Bolt have offered an annual salary of about 80,000 euros, Usain Bolt would like to earn about twenty times as much. However, the Mariners cannot pay this sum alone and are looking for a sponsor to financially participate.

The Central Coast Mariners, who won the Australian championship in 2013, are confident that the sprinter has developed well and can do even more with more training and playing practice.

According to the club, they want to help Bolt make his dream come true, but are currently unable to meet the financial demands.

Usain Bolt has not yet commented on this and it remains to be seen which steps the sprinter will take next.

The German coach Markus Babbel of the league competitor Sidney Wanderers, however, denies the sprinter the class, "That's not enough in 100 years" - Markus Babbel is quoted as saying.

Perhaps Usain Bolt should also refrain from his salary expectations in order to make his dream come true. For an annual salary of 1.6 million euros, you would have to play in one of the top leagues with a larger club in Europe.

However, I doubt that a 32-year-old former sprinter would prevail in Europe against footballers who have learned this sport since childhood.

What do you think!

Tomtheone