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1. De Gea started his career aged 10 with Atletico Madrid, grew in ranks & helped the club to win both the UEFA Europa League & the UEFA Super Cup.

2. In October 2007, Mamadou Sakho became the youngest player ever to captain a Lique 1 club. He captained PSG vs Valenciennes at age 17.

3. John Terry is one of 5 players to have made over 500 appearances for Chelsea & is also the club's all-time highest scoring defender.

4. Ricky Lambert scored 34 penalties in 34 attempts with Southampton.

5. When De Gea joined Manchester Utd in June 2011 for £17.8M, it became a British record for a goalkeeper.

6. Radamel Falcao's father was a tough and uncompromising Colombian defender in the 1970s and '80s.

7. Arsene Wenger visited Gael Clichy & Phillipe Senderos' parents in their home to persuade their boys to join Arsenal BUT Cesc Fabregas parents flew down to England to meet Wenger to sign him.

8. Jose's mother, Maria Julia wanted him to become a businessman when it became clear he wasn't going to succeed as a professional footballer, at 23 yrs, she signed him up for a business school. Mourinho quit after a day.

9. Arsene Wenger grew up speaking French & German. He has learnt English, Spanish, Italian & a little Japanese.

10. Mourinho speaks Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French, English & Catalan.

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