Where IS David Batty? IAN HERBERT reveals why the elusive former Leeds and England star shuns the spotlight, how 'modern

It's a sharp morning on the east Yorkshire coast and the search for David Batty has gone cold. But a chance chat near a sculpture of a fisherman on the front yields a brief breakthrough.


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