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The AFCON is easily one of the most interesting tournaments in the world. And if you are not following this current edition, then you are really missing out. The tournament gives us the best drama, the best highlights, and frankly, the best players.

Already, we get to see players like Salah, Mane, Edouard Mendy, Mahrez, Hakimi, Kessie, Ndidi, Haller, and many more superstars at the AFCON. But did you know that there are even more superstars who could very well have featured?

Well, come along as we show you 10 absolute superstars that could have played in the Africa Cup of Nations.

Manchester United is no doubt a big club, and hate them or love them, their history backs that statement up. However, what they have done to quite a number of big players is pretty unforgivable.  

On more than a few occasions, huge potentials or already established talents have come through to the Theater of Dreams with the hope of actually living their dreams, but only ended up leaving with nightmares. While a few managed to leave and salvage their careers, most of them had their careers completely destroyed by the club.  

Let’s take a look at 10 players whose careers were ruined or nearly ruined by Manchester United.

Everyone definitely Enjoyed the Legendary Sergio Ramos scoring the goal for PSG, and he was definitely the highlight of the day. But, his thunder was taken away by something else that day. Do you see this Name on the back of his Shirt? Hmm, I know it says Ramos, but in Chinese.

And it was not just Sergio Ramos having the Jersey Name written in Chinese, it was the whole team. Hmm, now this was interesting for our team at goal 90, so we dug a little deeper. Then we found out it wasn’t just PSG, but there were many teams on this list. Have a look at his Barcelona team who just won 4-2 against Athletico Madrid, they had the names written in Chinese on their Jersey as well. Not just them, Inter Milan has a tradition of wearing Jersey with Chinese Names on it once a year. Oh yes, and you want something more interesting? Have a look at this clip.

Yes, this is what got us curious too and we are going to explain everything. But before that please do subscribe to our channel if you do want these kinds of interesting topics on your feed every single day. Now without any further ado. Let’s get right into it.

According to a survey carried out in 2019, Chelsea Football Club was voted the most hated club in the English Premier League. Fan or not, you just have to admit that the hate Chelsea gets is a bit more than usual. But why is that?  In this video, we will be looking at 10 reasons why everybody hates Chelsea Football Club. At the end of the podcast, we want you guys to flood the comments and tell us if these reasons justify the hate the London club gets.

Most professional footballers love playing football, but many of them still have hobbies outside football. Some are regular hobbies like singing for Memphis or video gaming for Aguero.  But well, there are quite some footballers with some rather unusual hobbies, and we will be checking out 10 of them in this podcast today. Let’s get right to it!

Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies is a superstar. Period. He rose to world fame and renown on a Champions League night against Chelsea, and since that day, it has been up, up, and away.  But who really is this guy beyond the pace and the skill? Let us look at 10 things you didn’t know about Alphonso Davies.

Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan is a really deft football player and an absolute magician with the ball at his feet. Today, we look at 10 things you probably didn’t know about the Former Borussia Dortmund and German midfield maestro. 

Let’s get right to it!  Gundogan made his debut for the Germany national team in 2011, after playing for different levels of Germany’s youth team since 2008. But did you know that up until that debut with the senior team, he could have opted to play for the Turkish national team?  

Unlike many other footballers who have had a monument named after them, Gundogan did not have to wait till he died or retired. When he was just 24, playing for Borussia Dortmund, he had a stadium in his hometown in Turkey named after him by the deputy mayor.

After that game against Nigeria, a reporter, Rama Pantarotto, reminded Messi that his mother sent a red good luck ribbon to the football star before the game. And to Rama’s utmost surprise, Messi revealed to him that he actually wore the lucky ribbon around his ankle for that game.  And looking at his performances in his 2 games before that one, it would be difficult for you to say that that ribbon didn’t actually give Messi and Argentina some luck in that game against Nigeria.  

Anyway, fast forward to 2019. Messi was having yet another amazing season, but his Brazilian teammate, Phillipe Coutinho was not enjoying similar luck. Coutinho made the move to Barcelona in January of 2018, and just never got to find his rhythm at the Catalan club. The Brazilian was under a lot of pressure and scrutiny, and Messi, knowing exactly how it feels to be in that sort of position, decided to help Coutinho out.  Before their Copa Del Rey quarter-final second leg against Sevilla, Messi gave Coutinho his lucky red ribbon. 

Yes, the same one the reporter’s mother gave him in Russia 2018. If it brought him luck, surely it should bring the same for his teammate.

If you have thought of Giving up, watch Sadio Mane's Life Story  Sadio Mane is currently one of the best players in the world, and undoubtedly one of the very best in the Premier League. And don’t just take our word for it. France Football ranked him the 4th best player in the world in 2019. In 2020, FIFA ranked him 4th in the world, too. 

He has not only been good, he has also been very consistent; he has kept up these brilliant performances for years now.  The way Mane plays, you may think that football comes very easy to him. And while it may, the success he has accrued from the sport surely did not come easy to him.   

Now, where do we even begin?

Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr is in insane form and has been since the beginning of the season. His improvement compared to previous seasons has been so significant that he now sits in second in the La Liga top scorers’ chart. But who really is this Brazilian wonderkid whose name is now on everybody’s lips? Come along in this podcast as we tell you 10 things you probably didn’t know about Vini Jr.