Year Zero

Year Zero When a 24-year-old French Euro 96 flop arrived at Juventus, he was quickly branded a waste of money. The course of that season changed everything

Year Zero Three years after an £11m move from West Ham, Lampard was a fine midfielder but yet to prove himself a special one. Then a new gaffer swaggered into Chelsea...

Year Zero Thirty years before last season’s resurgence, Ajax had a similar renaissance thanks to a teenage schoolboy. Yet it was a late plane flight that made the non-flying Dutchman’s career take off...

Year Zero On this day 20 years ago, Arsenal changed forever. But things weren't so easy for the Frenchman: in his first season at Highbury, a doubt-riddled 22-year-old came close to giving up on himself. Then everything changed...

Year Zero The young Swede was yet to establish himself in the Ajax first team, until a fight with scissors – plus some dazzling Champions League displays – opened the world's eyes to his talent