“I had travelled so far,” remembered Hiroshi Kagawa, a tiny and wrinkled old man whose eyes burn when he talks about football. “It was the Olympiastadion in Munich, the 1974 World Cup final. It’s so vivid in my mind. Johan Cruyff in orange and Franz .
There is absolutely no doubt that the English Premier League is a competition that opens its doors to the world and with the very best footballers playing in the league with the biggest global audience, it is one that sees national representation from many different quarters.
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