Michael Ballack

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The best players never to win the Champions League: The 12 best players NEVER to win the Champions League: Ronaldo of Inter Milan takes on Clarence Seedolf of Real Madrid during the UEFA Champions League Group C match between Inter Milan and Real Madrid at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on November 25, 1998 in Milan, Italy.
Ranked! The 20 best players NEVER to win the Champions League

By Steven Chicken Last updated

The 'show us your medals' brigade would have a hard time criticising these superstars, although none have claimed Europe's biggest prize

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LONDON, ENGLAND - February 25: Chelsea Team Group (br) Michael Ballack, Petr Cech, John Terry, Nicolas Anelka, Alex, John Obi Mikel, Frank Lampard, (fr) Didier Drogba, Ashley Cole, Jose Bosingwa, Salomon Kalou before the UEFA Champions League Round Of 16 match between Chelsea and Juventus at Stamford Bridge on February 25, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images)
'There were real, proper fights during training - Andriy Shevchenko knocked out Tal Ben Haim properly, Michael Ballack had a fight with Salomon Kalou and I went at it with Florent Malouda': Ex-Chelsea star recalls training ground scraps with team-mates

By Ryan Dabbs Published

Chelsea players were always fighting in training, apparently...

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Players who left on free transfers

By Ben Hayward Published

With Trent Alexander-Arnold expected to leave Liverpool for Real Madrid this summer as his contract expires, a look at some of the high-profile players who moved on free transfers...

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Jurgen Klinsmann poses with a scarf after signing for Tottenham in 1994
The best German players in Premier League history

By Tom Hancock Published

Great Germans A look at Germany's top Prem stars over the years

Great Germans
Kylian Mbappe during a training session of the France national football team at the Leipzig Stadium on June 20, 2024 in Leipzig, Germany. France is preparing for the group match at the European Football Championship in Germany against the Netherlands
Footballers who wore masks, a list Kylian Mbappe joined at Euro 2024

By Tom Hancock Last updated

Mbappe broke his nose in France's Euro 2024-opening win over Austria, meaning he became football's latest masked man

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Ranked! The 100 best players of the 21st Century
Ranked! The 100 best players of the 21st Century

By Alasdair Mackenzie Last updated

RANKED! The 100 best players of the 21st Century: the greatest Ballon d'Or hoggers, serial winners and cult heroes since the turn of the millennium

RANKED!
Ranked! The 50 best players of the 2000s
Ranked! The 50 best players of the 2000s

By Ed McCambridge Published

RANKED! The 50 best players of the 2000s – the sensational decade in which some of the finest footballers ever to play the game blessed us with their gifts

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Michael Ballack
Former Chelsea star Michael Ballack chats to FFT about Jose Mourinho going crazy, turning down Real Madrid… and Elton John performing at his wedding

By Pete Hall Published

INTERVIEW Chelsea old boy Michael Ballack has no regrets in his career: now he chats to FourFourTwo in the Players Lounge about the highs and lows of football

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Per Mertesacker Perfect XI, Arsenal
Per Mertesacker's Perfect XI: "Ballack told me I was world class. I've never felt so good!"

By Leo Moynihan Published

PERFECT XI Former Arsenal captain Per Mertesacker names a line-up of his greatest ever team-mates

PERFECT XI
Kai Havertz
Manchester United prepared to battle Liverpool for Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz

By Sean Cole Published

Manchester United The German wonderkid could be available for £80million according to Leverkusen’s sporting director

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