Tyrone Mings has revealed he's become a piano man to help beat the lockdown blues. While most professional footballers seek respite from the coronavirus crisis by reaching for their headphones, Aston Villa's England star has started tinkling the ivories.
The 27-year-old admits he's finding the piano hard to grasp but hasn't let the assorted noises coming out of it drown out his intense sense of social conscience.
The £40m-rated defender is no ordinary footballer – or man - and has rallied to the aid of frontline NHS workers by offering free places for their children at his soccer academies in Bristol and Birmingham.
He's hoping that can provide some kind of break for some of those dealing with the relentless fight against the pandemic right