Henri Lansbury set to retire aged 32 as ex-Arsenal wonderkid announces shock new career outside of football
HENRI LANSBURY is set to retire aged 32 after he announced his shock new career outside of football.
The former Arsenal wonderkid has revealed his new venture as he plans for life away from football.
His new career is set to see him head to Monaco to work on the French side’s pitch.
Lansbury has told talkSPORT that he now plans to head to Europe with his business, Grass Gains.
“It came about during the first lockdown when I was stuck at home and got into gardening,” he explained.
“I started to spray my weeds with toxic stuff and put toxic fertiliser down and my missus wasn’t too happy about the kids running on the grass straight after.
“I was trying to usher them off and she said ‘why can’t they just make an organic fertiliser?’
“I put my head together with my mate and me and the boys have cracked on and taken it to another level.”
Lansbury’s business will now see him work on Champions League pitches.
He added: “We’ve done Fulham, we’ve done Genk and we’re in at Monaco soon.
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“We’re going in the right direction, a few local clubs have asked for it and we’ve put it down on their pitches as well.
“I want to give back to the local clubs really, I want them to have a nice pitch to play on, there’s nothing better than a kid running on a pitch with stripes on it and that’s what it does, it helps stripe it off.”
Lansbury’s love of fertiliser even saw him produce a lawn-mowing celebration in September last year.
However, a serious injury would limit him to just 54 minutes of league action for Luton after the end of October.
He would depart Kenilworth Road at the end of his contract earlier this summer.
The 32-year-old was once a promising wonderkid after coming through Arsenal’s academy.
Lansbury won 17 caps for England at under-21 level as well as playing eight times for the Gunners.
His career also included permanent spells with Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Bristol City.
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