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Chalobah cursed by fans’ preconceptions

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The LeaguePaper Team
26 January 2020

Chris Dunlavy

a fresh take on football
WHEN Jordan Henderson hoisted the Champions League trophy last May, he became just the 51st man to captain a team to European football’s greatest prize. Paolo Maldini. Johan Cruyff. Franco Baresi. Bobby Charlton.
Franz Beckenbauer. It is a club more exclusive than White’s, Hertford Street or any other opulent Mayfair haunt.
And there’s an obvious reason for that. To skipper any side capable of winning the European Cup, you need to be an exceptional footballer.
Yet despite a welter of evidence to the contrary, a sizeable proportion ...

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