When the coronavirus lockdown left Anderson unable to discover a new membership, he began questioning how the cash he had earned at Metropolis had dwindled away.
“I bear in mind being 17 and never figuring out what to do with the cash, it was a frightening factor,” he says.
Anderson handed accountancy and finance exams after contacting the Skilled Footballers' Affiliation for steering.
He determined that path wasn't for him, which led to him shadowing a monetary adviser close to his mother and father' home.
He is labored in monetary planning and recommendation ever since, turning down a number of gives to return to the Soccer League as his coronary heart wasn't in it.
His new pursuit supplied a stage of management and safety – in addition to goal – that taking part in lower-league soccer couldn't.
“At Wycombe, I would get questions from older gamers,” he says. “I realised there's a lack of training and help about finance in soccer.
“There's not sufficient training, steering and help for younger folks with excessive earnings.
“If you happen to're a lower-league participant, your rapid precedence must be to plan for all times after soccer. If you happen to've obtained that sorted, you possibly can set your self and your loved ones up for years.
“I have a look at what I do know now and really feel like I want to assist as many individuals in soccer as I can.”
However when he sees his former England team-mates succeeding on the prime of the sport, does he have any regrets?
“I am proud to see them doing so effectively, I do not sit there and suppose I want I used to be doing that, or what may have been,” he says.
“I've obtained no regrets and I am not envious. I simply stopped having fun with it. If you happen to provided to place me of their conditions now, taking part in week-in week-out within the Premier League, I would not commerce that for what I am doing now.
“After I have a look at my soccer profession, it gave me the chance to do what I do now. There aren't many monetary advisers below 25 – or not many good ones anyway!”
