Ryan Giggs
It's now 23 years since Ryan Giggs burst onto the scene as a
lithe 17-year-old and still his Peter Pan-like existence shows no signs
of ending. Originally a left-winger with breathtaking pace and
dribbling ability likened to that of fellow Manchester United legend
George Best, Giggs was the poster boy of 'Fergie's fledglings' and
played a starring role in the club's treble success of 1999.Since entering his thirties, the Welshman has enjoyed something of a rebirth as a cultured central midfielder and while his trademark acceleration has faded with the passing of time, his intelligence and technical ability have remained razor sharp. Now 39 and a little over a month away from his 40th birthday, the Welshman can count two Champions League su
Pippo Inzaghi
After scoring a second half double off the bench for Milan
against Real Madrid in the 2010-11 Champions League group stages, a
37-year-old Pippo Inzaghi proved yet again just what a phenomenon he
really was. Before the game, Madrid coach Jose Mourinho declared that
the "only player I fear is Inzaghi”, while after the 2-2 draw team-mate
Zlatan Ibrahimovic pleaded with management to make the veteran his
regular partner in attack.Until the day he retired, predictably with the winning goal against Novara at the age of almost 39, Inzaghi still possessed all the fire and passion of a teenager. His acceleration off the mark between one and five yards was still razor sharp and there has never been a striker in the history of the game with better movement and penalty box intelligence than this legend. Great goals, average goals, fluky goals, vital goals, meaningless goals, headers, shin kicks, tap-ins, he celebrated each one like it was his firstccesses, 13 Premier League titles, four FA Cups and four League Cups among his incredible haul of silverware.
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