Appropriately for a role that has been around for almost as long as the beautiful game itself, the box-to-box midfielder has become a peculiarly English dilemma. At first glance, it seems to be a tactical anachronism which represents the last hurrah of the amateur all-rounder before English football was professionalised in 1885. The indefatigable midfielder who was somehow expected to do everything on the pitch from last-ditch defending to bursting into the opposition box beautifully embodied... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/
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