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Real Madrid paid over €100 million in 2019 for this Belgian winger, who scored just 7 goals in four injury-plagued seasons before retiring.
Who is Eden Hazard?
This player broke Gerd Müller’s 40-year-old record for the most goals scored in a single calendar year, finishing with an astonishing, historic milestone of 91 goals.
Who is Lionel Messi?
This striker represented Spain at the 2014 World Cup, despite having previously played two friendly matches for his native Brazil in 2013.
Who is Diego Costa?
Before he played for Real Madrid, this midfielder was sold by Dinamo Zagreb to Tottenham Hotspur in 2008 for a incredibly modest initial fee of just £16.5 million.
Despite being the national stadium of England, this iconic venue technically hosted home Champions League group stage matches for Arsenal during the late 1990s because Highbury’s capacity was limited by UEFA advertising rules.
What is Wembley Stadium?
Barcelona spent a staggering €135 million on this Brazilian playmaker in 2018, only for him to famously score twice against them in an 8-2 UCL thrashing while on loan at Bayern Munich.
Who is Philippe Coutinho?
On September 22, 2015, Robert Lewandowski achieved one of the most famous milestones in modern football history by scoring 5 goals in just 9 minutes after coming on as a halftime substitute. Name the Bundesliga club he did this against.
Who are VfL Wolfsburg?
Before representing England, this former West Ham midfielder made three senior international appearances for the Republic of Ireland in friendly matches.
Who is Declan Rice?
In one of the greatest bargain transfers in Premier League history, Leicester City signed this African winger from French Ligue 2 side Le Havre in 2014 for a microscopic fee of just £400,000. He went on to win the PFA Players' Player of the Year during their fairy-tale 2016 title run.
Who is Riyad Mahrez?
This club plays its home games at the Stade Louis II, a stadium that can hold roughly 16,300 people—which is incredibly equivalent to nearly half of the entire country's population.
Who are AS Monaco?
After joining Manchester City for £42 million from Leeds in 2022, Pep Guardiola publicly labeled this England midfielder "overweight" before he embarked on a highly error-prone loan spell at West Ham in 2024.
Who is Kalvin Phillips?
In April 2023, this Manchester City midfield maestro became the fastest player in history to reach the milestone of 100 Premier League assists, securing the landmark by crossing the ball to Erling Haaland for a headed goal against Southampton.
Who is Kevin De Bruyne?
While his brother chose to represent their ancestral home of Albania, this midfielder opted to play for Switzerland, the country of his birth, racking up over 120 caps.
Who is Granit Xhaka?
In 2010, Real Madrid took advantage of a contract situation to sign this master playmaker from Werder Bremen for a surprisingly modest fee of only €15 million.
Who is Mesut Özil?
Because of its uniquely high altitude of over 3,600 meters (11,800 feet) above sea level, visiting national teams are required playing at the Estadio Hernando Siles, the iconic and intimidating home fortress of this South American nation.
What is Bolivia?
Chelsea broke the British transfer record in 2006 to sign this legendary Ukrainian striker and Ballon d'Or winner from AC Milan, but he managed just 9 league goals in two seasons.
Who is Andriy Shevchenko?
This striker set the milestone for the fastest goal in Premier League history in April 2019, scoring in an unbelievable 7.69 seconds for Southampton against Watford.
Who is Shane Long?
This France-born defender grew up in Athletic Bilbao’s academy and played over 50 youth matches for France, but took advantage of a FIFA eligibility rule change to switch his senior international allegiance to Spain in 2021.
Who is Aymeric Laporte?
This striker was bought from Rayo Vallecano in 2012 for only £2 million. He completely took the Premier League by storm, scoring 18 league goals in his debut season and famously winning the League Cup.
Who is Michu?
This iconic 100,000-capacity South American stadium of football underwent a massive renovation, losing its legendary standing-room-only Geral section where fans once stood virtually on top of the pitch.
What is the Maracanã?
This South Korean striker famously fled a Lille medical in 2011 to join Arsenal, where he took the number 9 shirt but played just 8 Premier League minutes.
Who is Park Chu-young?
In November 2008, Cristiano Ronaldo reached a major milestone by scoring his 100th and 101st goals for Manchester United—both via direct free kicks—in a dominant 5-0 victory against this visiting Premier League opponent.
Who are Stoke City?
Michel Platini scored 41 goals in 72 games for France, officially retiring in 1987. However, in 1988, he briefly came out of retirement to play exactly one international match for this Middle Eastern nation at the personal request of their Emir.
What is Kuwait?
In January 2020, Red Bull Salzburg lost this highly rated Asian playmaker to Liverpool for a remarkably cheap fee of just £7.25 million because the Premier League side was the only club astute enough to activate his tiny, overlooked release clause.
Who is Takumi Minamino?
In October 2017, this Spanish club was forced to play a La Liga match against Las Palmas completely behind closed doors inside a silent, empty Camp Nou due to security concerns and widespread civil unrest surrounding the Catalan independence referendum.
Who are the FC Barcelona