Ronaldo, Kaka, Messi, Torres, Xavi - Say cheese!
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- Created: Tuesday, 20 January 2009 22:03
- Written by David Moftakhar
Taken last week at the FIFA World Player of the Year awards here we have ‘officially’ the five best players in the world, standing arm-in-arm, casually decked out for the occasion.
It can be disconcerting to see people you are familiar with in a professional capacity outside of work. Like the time I saw my old school teacher in the frozen-food aisle at ASDA with his mildly attractive younger wife. Something about the whole situation just wasn't right.
And there's something unerring about this picture. I think it's that outside of their usual context footballers are an odd bunch.
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