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RAUL MEIRELES – ONE OF A KIND

JOE HARVEY TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE COLOURFUL CAREER OF THE FORMER LIVERPOOL AND CHELSEA MIDFIELDER

Hitting the heights: Raul Meireles lets fly in his Chelsea days

IN THE future, at an undetermined time and place, an impeccably dressed Portuguese man will settle down with his grandchildren around him.
They’ll ask: “What did you do with your life, grandad?”
He’ll give them a warm, knowing smile, and, understandably, they’ll be absolutely petrified because, even when he’s smiling, he still looks like he’s a part of the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest cast. Especially when he’s sm...

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