My brother’s a Love Island star and musician, I’m making my way in the EFL and scoring unstoppable headers

SOME families conscionable person endowment successful their DNA and the Nelson household are surely 1 of them.

Derby County defender Curtis Nelson has go an EFL prima implicit the years, portion member Wes has been starring connected TV screens and releasing UK Top 10 hits.

Curtis, 31, has made implicit 500 EFL appearances crossed 5 antithetic clubs and helped Derby gain promotion to the Championship past play - earning the Rams' Player of the Season grant successful the process.

While member Wes roseate to fame connected world amusement Love Island successful 2018 - a springboard for a palmy euphony vocation that has seen him collaborate with immense artists specified arsenic Clean Bandit and Craig David.

Despite the agleam lights of the signifier being a satellite distant from Pride Park, Wes claims that member Curtis has ever been his inspiration to execute large things.

Speaking to the EFL, Wes said: "When radical accidental 'who's your biggest idol successful your career', they enactment a spot shocked erstwhile it's my member successful football."

Adding: "Behind the scenes, I've personally ne'er met anyone that is much dedicated to their craft.

"When it comes to drinking, you [Curtis] are not drinking, you're not going retired and doing this. You're putting successful the hours and you're ever running.

"I don't deliberation I've ever seen anyone deed a shot against a store shot truthful galore times erstwhile I was younger."

The signifier truly does look to marque cleanable for Curtis who has been playing immoderate of his champion shot since joining Derby successful 2023.

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And for the erstwhile Blackpool and Cardiff man, it's the pair's parents that person been his biggest inspiration.

He said: "Mum and dada did a batch for america didn't they, particularly increasing up.

"Even present they instrumentality you [Wes] astir and travel and spot you astatine shows and successful the studio.

"They've done truthful overmuch for america and for me, my idol would person been our parents."

More utilized to scoring slug headers - arsenic helium did for the Rams against QPR connected Saturday - than being an net sensation, Curtis has had to measurement retired of his comfortableness portion to enactment his brother.

The erstwhile England younker planetary was really the brains down Wes' societal media during the 26-year-old's stint connected Love Island.

Perhaps occurrence truly does tally successful the Nelson humor with the brace not the lone acquainted faces successful the family.

The brace are the cousins of Ashleigh and Alexander Nelson, a member and sister sprinting duo who represented Team GB astatine the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Unbelievably, Wes and Curtis aren't the lone Love Island and nonrecreational shot brothers astir successful the English crippled astatine the moment.

Manchester United and England prima Kobbie Mainoo is the member of chap Love Islander Jordan Hames.