Chris Waddle has been popular no matter where he has played, but perhaps never more so than his time in the south of France for Marseille

Chris Waddle has been popular no matter where he has played, but perhaps never more so than his time in the south of France for Marseille
Gary Lineker learnt the language, integrated himself into Barcelona, understood the politics, and went about proving himself a world-class goalscorer
Michael Robinson’s influence in Spain reached way beyond its original remit: there are few other Brits to have ventured abroad and become such an icon
Owen Hargreaves could have had it all and, in some ways, he did – there’s just a niggling feeling that it could’ve been so much more