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Forgotten player hailed as Zinedine Zidane's 'heir' failed to live up to expectations despite being football 'genius'

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Published 07:00 23 Jan 2025 GMT

Forgotten player hailed as Zinedine Zidane's 'heir' failed to live up to expectations despite being football 'genius'

Paolo Maldini said he "wasn't intelligent in the way he behaved" at AC Milan.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare

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Topics: Zinedine Zidane, France, Lyon, AC Milan, Serie A, Ligue 1, Bordeaux

Jack Kenmare
Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is the Senior Journalist for SPORTbible, one of the world’s biggest social publishers. He specialises in long-form feature writing and has an encyclopedic knowledge of Football Manager wonderkids from 2005 to the present day. He has a BA (Hons) in Journalism and News Practice.

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