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Football: Are star players born or made?

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Many people really believe that skills or talents in football or other sports could be inherited but that number may not be as much as those who do not. Quite a number of footballers like Didier Drogba, according to the Daily Mall, certainly think so, especially when he celebrated Chelsea's 6-0 Champions League win with his son Isaac. In his celebration, Drogba showed his son, Isaac what life could be like if he makes it through the academy ranks at Stamford Bridge. Having said that, the long list of father-and-son duos featured in the Premier League’s article entitled "Family Ties: Fathers and Sons of the Barclays Premier League" does much to support this claim, with Harry and Jamie Redknapp, Steve and Alex Bruce, and Gus and Diego Poyet mentioned. However, for every genetically gifted offspring, there are equally as many who did not inherit their football gene from their fathers. It was reported by Chronicle Live that even at the age of 12, Paul Gascoigne's son Reg...