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Year Zero: The making of Frank Lampard (Chelsea, 2004/05)
By Garry Hayes last updated
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: The making of Gareth Bale (Tottenham, 2010/11)
By Huw Davies last updated
Year Zero In 2009/10, the Welshman had narrowly escaped a move back to the Championship. Then came the campaign that changed everything...

Year Zero: The making of Zinedine Zidane (Juventus, 1996/97)
By Nicky Bandini published
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: The making of Ronaldo (Barcelona, 1996/97)
By Nick Miller last updated
Year Zero How do you score 40 goals in 46 games, deliver major silverware and still end up disliked by all of those around you? Suffice to say, the brilliant Brazilian forward packed a lot into his solitary season at the Camp Nou

Year Zero: The season that made Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid, 2002/03)
By Thore Haugstad published
Year Zero Once, he was an unknown kid suffering relegation – then became the hottest young striker in Europe. This is how the 2002/03 season changed the life of this young Spaniard forever
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