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LUKE Varney rose from a humble start at Non-League Quorn to play for Blackpool in the Premier League. He retired in 2022 after scoring 104 goals in 521 games for the likes of Crewe, Charlton, Derby, Portsmouth, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Blackburn and Ipswich. Now 43 and working as a personal trainer, the former forward tells Chris Dunlavy about the three best players he ever shared a pitch with:

Nwankwo Kanu - Portsmouth
Kanu was about seven feet tall, skinny as you like. His driver used to drop him off in his Ferrari every day and he’d climb out looking stiff as a board. Bu...

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