Golazo Merchants: Wayne Rooney and 15 years of Premier League screamers
There are some players who are defined as great goalscorers, whilst others can be described as being scorers of great goals – Wayne Rooney…
Legends
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Legends
Midfield Magicians: A playmaker so talented Messi idolised him, Pablo Aimar
The career of Pablo Aimar burned both briefly and brightly, but the diminutive midfielder holds a special place amongst the pantheon of artistic Argentine…
Midfield Magicians: Mesut Ozil – The musician who always played the right note
Even in the fickle world that is modern football, few footballers have polarised opinions quite like Mesut Ozil. From being the creative genius of…
Wing Wizards: Harry Kewell – The Wizard of Oz
The career of Harry Kewell was one that fell into two quite clearly different halves. His exciting emergence came as part of a Leeds…
Iconic Performances: Aguero mauls Magpies with five-star showing
The sharp-shooting of Sergio Aguero had an ability to take the game away from opposition teams before they even had chance to react. Never,…
90s Hitmen: George Weah, the African King who reached the very pinnacle of the game
Africa has produced its fair share of sporting superstars in the modern era, with a collection of footballers who have reached the pinnacle of…
Noughties Nines: Andriy Shevchenko – Rossoneri royalty
Modern football has few secrets. The increasingly networked global game and evolution of the internet has made unforeseen emergences almost impossible. The trend now…
Unforgettable Debuts: Rooney-mania reaches Old Trafford
From the moment Wayne Rooney announced his arrival into the Premier League at Everton, his was a name spoken about with feverish excitement among…
Defensive Rocks: Sol Campbell – The immovable Invincible
Just one moment can be enough to leave the lasting memory of a Premier League footballer, regardless of all else achieved in the game.…
Six legends who made romantic returns to their first clubs
Sergio Ramos has returned to where it all started this week with the defender signing a deal with former club Sevilla. Ramos has rejoined…
The Streets Won’t Forget: Adel Taarabt
Many of us know that one guy that could have made it as a professional footballer if only he had gotten his act together…
Iconic Duos: Keane and Berbatov – When creative chemistry combined for Spurs
Spurs fans idolise match-winning mavericks. From Paul Gascogine’s gifted genius to the fleet-footed flamboyance of David Ginola, there have been some truly fantastic footballers…
Midfield Magicians: Deco, a masterful playmaker too easily forgotten
Football fanatics can be found in almost every corner of the globe, but for those born in Brazil the infatuation with the global game…
Iconic Duos: Clough and Taylor – The ego and alter-ego who forever transformed British football
First at Derby County and then famously at Nottingham Forest, Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, two extraordinary men who would have books written about…
Unforgettable Debuts: Cristiano Ronaldo, Old Trafford witnesses the birth of an icon
Utter the name Cristiano Ronaldo and even those with no interest in sport will have heard of one of the game’s greatest footballers. Ronaldo’s…
Unforgettable Debuts: Jurgen Klinsmann, from pantomime villain to terrace hero
The formation of the Premier League transformed the landscape of English football forevermore, a revolution that turned the nation’s top tier into the richest…
Iconic Duos: Bruce and Pallister, Manchester United’s defensive pillars
There’s a line in Paula Abdul’s seminal Eighties hit ‘Opposites Attract’ that well describes the magical chemistry that can be created when yin meets…
Midfield Magicians: The cultured warrior, Esteban Cambiasso
Our Midfield Magicians series has ran through football’s history to celebrate some of the finest footballers of their respective generations, players capable of producing…