10 h. ago Zidane, Eusebio, Adams: footballers whose names are also song titles | The Knowledge

Plus: two European ties in the same stadium on one day and the highest opening weekend goals-per-game ratioMail us with your questions and answers“I have just heard CMAT’s song Vincent Kompany because I am cool, young and relevant,” writes the cool, young and relevant Will Unwin. “I was wondering if any other player’s name is the title of a song, beyond simply being referred to?”In this age of streaming, there are many songs online whose titles are the names of footballers, but a few hundred listens here and there doesn’t make them particularly noteworthy. So we have wound back a bit to a time when songs were more commonly created in studios, not bedrooms. Continue reading...

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