Wolfsburg sign young British player – as their official Fifa gamer
by Ben Quinn from Technology | The Guardian on (#132WV)
David Bytheway has signed a deal with the Bundesliga club in another sign sports gaming is becoming as popular as the real thing
It is safe to say that David Bytheway earns just a fraction of Wayne Rooney's 15m-plus annual Manchester United salary. But while Britain's latest footballing export plies his trade with his thumbs rather than his feet, the future might just belong to him.
"I'm definitely on a very comfortable wage at the moment. And while it doesn't come close to a footballer's wage, maybe it's something that will change," says Bytheway, 22, from Wolverhampton, who has signed a deal with the German Bundesliga club Wolfsburg to be one of its two official gamers.
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