🛠️ For May Day: football history's greatest grafters
🛠️ For May Day: football history's greatest grafters As football fans, we love the greatest artists of our sport. We adore the best dribblers, the most brilliant playmakers, and the deadliest goalscorers. But especially on Labor Day, it’s worth taking a look at the players without whom a team simply wouldn’t function: the workhorses.
Throughout football history, almost every top team had players who covered massive distances, closed down gaps, and weren’t too proud to put an opponent on the floor when needed. For that reason, we want to pay tribute to a few players who have made themselves unforgettable through their relentless will and effort. Gennaro Gattuso When asked about true warriors, many fans will probably think immediately of the 1.
77m ball-winner — whether in Italy’s azure blue shirt or AC Milan’s black-and-red kit. And rightly so! Gennaro Gattuso played with a level of fearlessness and no-compromise intensity rarely seen in a midfielder before him.
N'Golo Kanté The Frenchman can rightfully be described as the very epitome of the modern tireless runner. At just 1. 68m, the 2018 World Cup winner is another nine centimeters shorter than the also not exactly tall Gattuso.
Park Ji-sung Park Ji-sung also stands just 1. 75m tall. The South Korean, affectionately nicknamed “Three-Lungs Park” by Man United fans, was Sir Alex Ferguson’s go-to man for the dirty work and gave superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney the freedom to shine.