Niklas Sule – the almost perfect centre-back who rejected Chelsea and Liverpool to stay in Germany

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The 21-year-old centre-back rejected Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs to stay at Hoffenheim, where his position in the starting line-up was guaranteed

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Michael Yokhin

Michael Yokhin is a European football writer. In addition to FourFourTwo, he wrote for Guardian, BBC, ESPN, Blizzard, New York Times, Independent, 11Freunde, Josimar and others. He takes keen interest in leagues, teams and players that might be a bit out of the main focus in the mainstream media, and loves football history as well.