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Bjarni Vidarsson came to Everton aged 16 and was one of Iceland’s brightest football prospects.
He returned to his homeland in 2015 cursing the missteps and ill fortune which prevented him from fulfilling his potential. In an interview originally published in Everton’s matchday programme for the Carabao Cup meeting with Manchester United, Vidarsson reflects on 10 rollercoaster years and details his new life in Iceland.
Bjarni Vidarsson was 26 when he chose to “pack up the bags and go home”, drawing a line under a decade-long loop of striving and progressing and slipping.
The Vidarsson who returned to Iceland was “good with disappointments”, following a route march around Europe which began when he joined Everton and concluded with an abortive period in Denmark.
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