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Is John Charles in PES 2008?
In a poll by Italian football fans, Welsh footballer John Charles was voted the greatest foreign player ever to play in their league.
Not played the ML to find out myself. But what a player he should be if he's in it!
John Charles is considered by many to have been the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Britain. It wasn't just that he was comfortable playing either centre-half or centre-forward. He was world class in both positions.
He could also play full-back or midfield, if required, and such was his versatility that he managed to break the Leeds United club scoring record with 42 goals in a season at a time when he was appearing at centre-half in internationals for Wales.
There is no comparable player with that kind of range in the modern game.
He was the first Briton to make the grade in Italian football and, forty years on, is probably the most successful export from League football to Serie A where his name is still revered.
Certainly, Charles adapted quickly to the pace and skill of the Italian League and made a more substantial and sustained impact than many of those who followed him, including Jimmy Greaves, Denis Law and Ian Rush.
That is why he is a God to Juventus fans, the one they Christened "Il Buon Gigante" - the Gentle Giant.
In a poll by Italian football fans, Welsh footballer John Charles was voted the greatest foreign player ever to play in their league.
Not played the ML to find out myself. But what a player he should be if he's in it!
John Charles is considered by many to have been the greatest all-round footballer ever to come from Britain. It wasn't just that he was comfortable playing either centre-half or centre-forward. He was world class in both positions.
He could also play full-back or midfield, if required, and such was his versatility that he managed to break the Leeds United club scoring record with 42 goals in a season at a time when he was appearing at centre-half in internationals for Wales.
There is no comparable player with that kind of range in the modern game.
He was the first Briton to make the grade in Italian football and, forty years on, is probably the most successful export from League football to Serie A where his name is still revered.
Certainly, Charles adapted quickly to the pace and skill of the Italian League and made a more substantial and sustained impact than many of those who followed him, including Jimmy Greaves, Denis Law and Ian Rush.
That is why he is a God to Juventus fans, the one they Christened "Il Buon Gigante" - the Gentle Giant.