Kevin Großkreutz has a WC winner’s medal. There are always a few ringers on every squad right?
He was a very good player for Klopp’s rampant Borussia at the time (while they were winning the league and getting to the CL final; I think he played in the final btw). Never world class, but was really good at the time. Couldn’t kick on after he left Borussia though.
Can’t put Ayoze in the same category at all. He just apparently had a good season at Betis.
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Pretty positive he was linked with Barca not too long ago as well.
Dont disrespect him, if he is still playing, Arteta would love to have him. So versatile.
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Yeah I know he was a good glue guy for them. All teams have them or at least, all successful teams have them.
As @ronniec said, he did play a ton of positions for them. And it’s no disrespect, he’s just a totally random player who has a WC medal. I did watch a decent amount of Perez at Betis and he was fine. Maybe he’s just great to have in the locker room and wouldn’t complain about minutes for the NT?
Kind of like the reverse Jayson Tatum.
Poldi’s role for German NT in 2014 and after.
Once he retired from NT, the Ozil/racist incident broke out.
For me it was not simply coincidence.
Whoever got involved, were mostly the same players they won the WC in 2014.
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Djimi Traore has a CL medal. Can’t get lower than that.
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^ can’t I?