Plenty of footballers get ink done, but Finland winger Topi Keskinen has quite a unique tattoo that has gained attention ahead of Sunday’s meeting with England.
The 21-year-old, who lines out for Scottish Premiership outfit Aberdeen, has an image of Wayne Rooney holding a fishing rod on his forearm – which he designed himself.
Keskinen explained that the Manchester United and Everton legend is a childhood hero of his, and decided to combine him with one of his favourite pastimes in the form of a tattoo.
“My mum, she’s an Everton fan and Rooney played there. And then he made a move to Man United and I started watching Man United games,” he said ahead of the Uefa Nations League encounter.
“He was like an idol to me. I was watching his highlights in every game that he played in his career, so he’s my favourite player in my life.
“So I tattooed him with fishing, because I like fishing also. It’s my two favourite things combined in one tattoo.”
Finland's Topi Keskinen has a tattoo of two of his favourite things: Wayne Rooney and fishing 🎣
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Finland are yet to pick up a point from their opening three games of the group, but Keskinen believes they will find opportunities to score after watching England lose to Greece on Thursday.
“We’re going to get some chances in the game. We just have to make some right decisions and be lethal,” he said.
“Of course they conceded a couple of goals and two goals offside. Of course we can score from them.
“I think we’re going to get some chances because they didn’t defend that well when that came.
“There’s some quality in that team, so it’s not easy. When we get the chance, we have to do well.
“We can hurt them and we have the home support. I think it’s going to be a little different game than the first one.
“Hopefully we keep the ball more, and if we play against a big country we have to score from the chance. We’re not going to get them that much, so we have to believe in ourselves.”
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