‘are you even trying to save these?’

FLAMENGO 0FLUMINENSE 2 Campeonato Carioca, 1997 “My Flamengo debut was so special because it was against Fluminense, a classic rivalry, and making my debut at the Maracana was really thrilling. Unfort

You played for seven clubs across six different countries and captained your nation at two World Cups. What moments stand out from your career? What I appreciate most is that I left my mark at all of

In recent years, ‘The New Jamie Vardy’ has been a label thrown at many players plucked from non-league obscurity and unleashed on unsuspecting EFL defenders. Given that Vardy went from Northern Premie

Two hours before I played for Nigeria at the Under-17 World Championship in Finland in 2003, our jerseys arrived. We had been waiting for our names to be printed on the back – when they came, we were

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The teams, coaches and players beyond Europe’s biggest leagues that we’ll be keeping an eye on during the 2025-26 campaign