Midfield Magicians: David Beckham, Golden Balls
The career of David Beckham is one often difficult to assess, the man who represented some of the game’s greats and became a mega-star…
Midfield Magicians
32 articles
Legends
Midfield Magicians: Juan Sebastian Veron, a f*cking great player
Tedious as it is, there is often an argument from sections of English football fans that lean towards a player’s time on these shores…
Midfield Magicians: Xabi Alonso, the grand master of 4D chess
Spanish football enjoyed a golden age as the new millennium ticked towards its second decade, as a new age of footballers emerged and exerted…
Midfield Magicians: Santi Cazorla, a Spanish sorcerer
Santi Cazorla is a footballer who has become a firm favourite wherever his career has taken him, a midfielder whose natural talent has made…
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…
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…
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…
Midfield Magicians: The dreadlocked dynamo, Ruud Gullit
The principles of Total Football are centred around fluidity and flexibility, the overriding concept that each player is interchangeable and capable of operating elsewhere…
Midfield Magicians: Guti, undisputed king of assist porn
It’s fair to say you don’t spend over two decades of association with world football’s biggest club without talent and in José María Gutiérrez…
Midfield Magicians: The Greatest Showman, Jay-Jay Okocha
According to the popular terrace chant from fans wowed by his showmanship style, Jay-Jay Okocha was “so good they named him twice”. Okocha’s outrageous…
Midfield Magicians: Santi Cazorla, 5 foot and 4 inches of pure brilliance
Santi Cazorla proved one of the most popular Arsenal players of modern times, a midfielder who possessed an effortless brilliance and formed part of…
Midfield Magicians: Zvonimir Boban – Milan legend and the leader of Croatia’s cult side
Zvonimir Boban’s career saw the midfielder make waves for both club and country, though perhaps his most famous kick came without a ball on…
Midfield Magicians: Scouse schemer, Steve McManaman
Football fans often adore their own, but amongst a host of cherished academy graduates at Liverpool the name of Steve McManaman is one that…