Even the greatest teams suffer. Mention 1991/92 to Bayern Munich fans and they’ll shudder about a year of minnow defeats and mediocrity
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Destined to play football, Thiago and Rafinha would seek to carry on their family tradition of success at some of Europe’s biggest clubs
Abandoned by their footballing father as children, it has been a long road to stardom for Lucas and Theo Hernández
With a surname meaning “golden ball”, one Altıntop would appear for some of the biggest clubs, whilst the other stayed in their birth nation
Thanks to a dispute over Arjen Robben, in 2012, three days after losing the Champions League final, Bayern Munich played the Netherlands
The tale of Sebastian Deisler’s career is a dismaying one, but it was also important in raising awareness of depression in football and the reality for many
in a script aptly suited to the screens of Hollywood, Giovanni Trapattoni’s wild, Oscar-worthy four years will surely stay with him, and the fans, forever
Why Owen Hargreaves never quite found the adulation he surely deserved in Canada, Germany or England
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
Mark Hughes didn’t score goals galore at the Camp Nou, nor lift numerous trophies in Munich, but he was shaped into a fine player and manager thanks to it
A freak of nature, Lothar Matthäus should long be remembered as one of the most complete footballers to ever play the game
Every sugar-coated pass and madcap dash from the goal that football taught him he could never leave only serve to carve Neuer’s name deeper into stone
Gnabry’s career thus far has been good and he’s able to better it in the coming years, he is sure to go down as one of the best German talents of his era
Between his 121 Bundesliga cards, national team exile and high-profile affairs, Stefan Effenberg’s career was as controversial as it was brilliant
Underrated for much of his career, flying under the radar, the stats and the glory suggests that Rafinha is one of Brazil’s great modern full-backs
It comes as no surprise that Toni Kroos has the medal collection that he does, but it’s shocking that so many don’t give him the credit he surely deserves
For the first time, perhaps ever, a Canadian player, Alphonso Davies, could be a marketable star in. Hopefully, he will be the first of many
Despite his near-misses, when leading men, when redefining a role and offering hope where none was to be found, Michael Ballack was king
Luca Toni may not have gone down as the most glamorous or talented, but he was prolific. And when you’re a centre-forward, that’s all that really matters