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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

The Big Interview presents... The Hall of Legends

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2017

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

You’ll all have your opinions on how our guests would rank in terms of footballing ability in their prime. I happen to think that we have talked to some who are hall of famers in any company but, occasionally, a name will come up which causes them to draw breath.This collection is dedicated to the moments when we got to talk about one of the all-time greats, sometimes with someone who had a unique angle from which to examine those special talents.Graeme Souness and Peter Beardsley talk about Lionel Messi, as does Gary Neville - a man whose job it is to find new ways to describe what it is that this genius does.Paul Clement worked closely with Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid and provides an insight into the work ethic of the Portuguese, while Harry Redknapp recalls how Gareth Bale was transformed into an international superstar.Darren Fletcher then talks about Wayne Rooney, while Kevin Bridges and Charlie Nicholas discuss two Celtic greats, Henrik Larsson and Danny McGrain, respectively. Joe Jordan...

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0:00.0

You're back with a big interview. We're looking at 2015-2016 and picking out some of the best bits and clumsily gluing them together.

0:24.0

Evil State sponsors this show.

0:26.7

You'll all have your opinions on how our guests would rank in terms of football ability,

0:31.1

in their prime particularly. I happen to think that we've talked to some who are

0:36.4

hall of famers in any company or during any era, but occasionally a name comes up

0:41.5

that causes them to draw breath. This collection is dedicated

0:45.1

to those parts of the conversation when we get to talking about one of the all-time great.

0:49.2

Sometimes with someone who's got a unique angle from which to examine those special talents. So on

0:54.8

Leo Massey we've had Gary Neville and it's his job to find new or refreshing ways

1:00.6

to describe what it is this little Argentinian genius does.

1:04.3

Gary, I can call him a genius here can't I?

1:08.0

Graham Soonus, certainly one of the best players of his generation and in my all-time 11.

1:13.5

Plus Peter Beardsley have got things to say about messy themselves.

1:17.4

We'll put a video of the warm-up routine that's so enchanted Peter on our blog, which is at Graham Hunter. TV. Have a look at it.

1:26.5

Paul Clement worked closely with Christian and Ronaldo during his time and his

1:30.8

successful time with Carlo Ancelotate Real Madrid and Paul gives us insight

1:35.5

into that unsurpassed work ethic which is elevated Ronaldo above almost everybody else.

1:41.3

He'll also tell us about the lighter side of his personality.

1:43.7

It's a good anecdote, I promise you. Harry Rednap remembers the development and then the graduation of

1:48.7

Garth Bale into an international superstar. The mighty Darren Fletcher, easily the nicest man in the world, gives us a timely

1:56.3

assessment of Wayne Rooney's contribution to a succession of Manchester United teams.

2:02.3

Henkey Larson is better than all of them, at least in the eyes of Kevin Bridges.

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