“He was the cleverest player ever - he could be a soldier and he could be a general. He had no ego” Kevin Keegan on the best he ever played with and against

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Mon, 24 August 2026Wed, 26 August 2026

What it is about

Kevin Keegan Johan Cruyff Bobby Charlton Kenny Dalglish Dino Zoff Gerd Muller Franz Beckenbauer Diego Maradona Denis Law Bobby Moore George Best Dutchman John Charles German Germany Englishman Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany British

Who published it, and when

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fourfourtwo.com

24 Aug, 07:00over 2 days26 Aug, 08:00

How it spread - 2 original reports

Mon, 24 August 2026
1 report
- fourfourtwo.com07:00first to report
  “He was the cleverest player ever - he could be a soldier and he could be a general. He had no ego” Kevin Keegan on the best he ever played with and against
  Kevin Keegan had a spectacular list of teammates and opponents, but three names really stood out to him
Wed, 26 August 2026
1 report
- fourfourtwo.com08:00
  'I felt I was stagnating at Liverpool even though I loved the club - and Hamburg offered me four times the salary that I was on' Kevin Keegan on the upsides and downsides of his spell in Germany
  Kevin Keegan was a smash hit at Hamburg - but that move was a huge step into the unknown for a British player at the time