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Mavericks & Goal Kings

21 pieces

These are the players for whom the rules were more of a suggestion. Romario gets a five-part life, from PSV and Cruyff’s Barcelona to the Brazilian senate. Larsson is the King of Kings at Celtic and well beyond. Adriano gets the brief, thunderous reign of an emperor of Milan. George Best turns up the way he always did, in a Shoot! interview, a Cruyff nutmeg and a story of friendship repaid. The Destiny’s Child pieces look at how the history of football was shaped.

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