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“Ronaldo was from another planet, like a gift from God, but sometimes you’d see a piece of metal coming out of his knee. I was like, ‘What the f**k is that?!’” Christian Vieri on his best-ever team-mate
EXCLUSIVE Christian Vieri played alongside the Brazilian icon for three years at Inter Milan
‘That’s still my biggest regret, not scything Michael Thomas down in 1989’s Anfield title decider. You don’t want to be the bad guy, but it rankles with me’ Ray Houghton on his role in one of English football’s most historic moments
EXCLUSIVE The former Liverpool midfielder admits he would have done it all differently in 1989
Quiz! Name all 125 members of Pele's 2004 'FIFA 100 list' of the best players ever
Quiz! Pele's 2004 list of the greatest living players at the time was widely mocked even at the time
‘That’s how I thought the game should be played, with great assists and goals. If you have improvisation without the end result, you need to go to the circus’ Dimitar Berbatov reflects on his playing style
EXCLUSIVE The former Tottenham and Manchester United man had a distinct manner on the pitch
“Atletico’s president once bet me a Ferrari if I scored a hat-trick. I’d left for Lazio by the time it was finally delivered, so said, ‘It’s OK, you can keep it’.” Christian Vieri recalls his La Liga spell
EXCLUSIVE The journeyman Italy striker spent a year at Atletico Madrid
“After snubbing Chelsea, Ken Bates said, ‘I hope you have an effing nightmare against us home and away’, and slammed the phone down. I quite liked that!” Ray Houghton on his Liverpool exit
EXCLUSIVE The former Ireland midfielder recalls his run-in with the ex-Chelsea chairman
“Frank Clark said, ‘Look after the players, captain’. As we drove past the bus, Mark Crossley was hanging out of a limo holding two bottles of champagne!” Stuart Pearce recalls Nottingham Forest’s Oasis adventures
EXCLUSIVE Pearce and the Forest squad had more than one team outing to watch the Gallagher brothers in action back in Oasis’ heyday
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