Italia ’90: 10 iconic No.10 World Cup stories
How Italia ’90 played out for its ten most iconic star playmakers
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England’s Flawed Fantasista Heroes
England do produce creatives – it’s how they’ve been treated that’s the problem. Football is a release in which the daily mundanities of life…
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Le God: The playmaker who transcended trophies
We used to say: “This guy, Le Tissier, is outrageous and he never goes to a big team. He stays at Southampton. It’s incredible….
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Why Allardyce named Okocha as greatest captain
New England manager Sam Allardyce has named former Nigeria Number 10 Jay-Jay Okocha as the best captain he ever had, ahead of his first…
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Lost footage emerges of Maradona’s finest goal
Earlier this year, new footage emerged of an Argentine number 10 weaving his way through numerous defenders and scoring one of the greatest individual…
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Merseyside’s young playmaking duo offer England World Cup hope
After years of blinded eternal optimism, the England football team enter this week’s World Cup under a cloud of supressed expectation. Most people believe…
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English Formation Evolution?
Is the English game finally a place where playmakers can thrive?
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The Art of the Pause: A Tale of Two Playmakers
Isco and Joe Cole highlight cultural differences
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Top 5 foreign fantasisti from ’90s Serie A
The fantasisti stranieri
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Is Wayne Rooney That Rare Breed of Playmaker?
Playmaker, English fantasista, or just a plain old striker?
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