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Loyalty Above All Else: The Last Gladiator

Loyalty, almost a forgotten concept in the modern game. Big money transfer moves are tempting the very best to the Goliaths of football. Nearly every top player dreams of that big move with the ambition to win countless trophies and play amongst the best every year. Is there more to this game than winning, though?

Well, once upon a time, yes, loyalty to a club wasn’t uncommon. Now, though, finding a player to be a one-club man is very rare. Even some of the greats, such as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard, albeit club icons, weren’t one-club men.

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A Talent Never Given An Opportunity: Davide Moscardelli

Who were the great talents that plied their trade in Italian football over the last 20-30 years? A lot of arguments will be made for the likes of Francesco Totti, Paulo Maldini, Pavel Nedved, Ronaldo Nazario, the list goes on.

How about those talents that never quite made it because of outside factors, the big name that springs to mind here is Adriano. If one was to sit down for an hour and rattle off names from this era a list of world-beaters can be made.

What if we look away from the top teams in Italy and instead cast our eyes to the lower half of Serie A and below? A small percentage of people may have heard this name, and one look on YouTube a discovery of talent may surprise many; this is the story of Davide Moscardelli.

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