Keane Lewis-Potter: ‘Four of us at Brentford FC have pomeranians'
Keane Lewis-Potter, 24, is a left winger for the Premier League club Brentford — he moved to the west London club from Hull City (he was born in Hull) in 2022. He told his girlfriend, Lauren, that he didn't want a dog, but she brought home Nova, a pomeranian, and now he is smitten. He discovered that a furry friend can help with the ups and downs of the game, and reveals that no less than four of the Brentford squad own poms.
We were on a little [football] tour in December 2022, and my girlfriend sent me a picture and said, do you like this dog? Bear in mind, we'd never had a pet together before, so I wasn't too sure. I said, nah,
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