The Isolated Childhood That Forged Yéremy Pino
Crystal Palace's rising star reflects on growing up in a Las Palmas neighborhood cut off by highways and Arab tents, a world away from the Premier League.
Yéremy Pino's football identity was forged in the unique isolation of his childhood neighborhood in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a seclusion that now fuels his ambition on the Premier League stage with Crystal Palace. The winger grew up in a pocket of the city physically cut off by major highways and surrounded by 1960s-era Arab tents, known as 'jaimas'. This environment created a distinct, insular community where Pino spent his formative years, far from the typical pathways to professional football.
