July 19th 2005, the morning after his dream transfer to the English Premier League champions, Shaun Wright-Phillips must have woken up feeling like the happiest man alive. He had just been unveiled as the answer to Chelsea's right-sided "problem", and the stage was set for Shaun to stake his claim as the best right winger in England even pushing for David Beckham's starting role.
Player Focus
The Wright Decision
- Monday, 15 May 2006 01:28
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Lionel Messi
- Thursday, 19 January 2006 01:06
Another off the Argentine assembly line of “New Maradonas”, Lionel Messi may be the first to live up to that unfair comparison. Where Javier Saviola, Juan Roman Riquelme and Pablo Aimar have unsurprisingly failed to match HIS high standards despite initial promise, Messi has shown that even at a young age he is able to carry the weight of expectant teammates and a nation on his shoulders.