In an interview today in the Guardian, the Arsenal winger Theo Walcott eerily predicted that he would be a footballer at just ten years-old, but then ruined it by predicting his wife would die (Don’t tell Mel!) and that he would win the World Cup with England.

He went on to say that he wasn’t much interested in football as a youngster, but he used to pretend that he was making his own ads for Nike, which of course he has now done in real life too.

Here’s what he said: “When I was 10 years old my teacher got us to imagine our future. I drew a timeline of the rest of my life. I had just started playing football, so I drew pictures of me as a professional footballer.

“I imagined I’d drive a nice car, have a nice house, and win the World Cup with England. I’d have two wives – one would die and so I would get remarried (I haven’t told my girlfriend Mel that bit yet) – and then I’d die aged 90. It was all very far-fetched, but the footballer part has come true.

“As a little kid, I wasn’t even interested in football. The first time I played I was nine and I volunteered to go in goal thinking it would be exciting to save penalties.

“In fact, it was really boring. Up until then football had just been having a kickaround in the playground at lunchtime. We used to pretend we were making our own Nike adverts; 10 years later, I made one for real.

“My friend Adam gave me my first chance to play in an organised match, for Steventon, when I was 10. The team were one player short and I joined in. I had never played before, but I came on and scored a perfect hat-trick: header, left foot, right foot.

“At the time I didn’t even know what that was. I can’t explain how I did it; it just seemed to come naturally to me. I’ll never forget that moment.”

So do you think we should all go out and put money on England to win the World Cup, or take out life insurance on Mel Slade!