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Joe Mewis

‘I suffered heart rhythm problems after signing for Fulham. A combination of my health issues and the team’s need for fit players meant Roy Hodgson stopped counting on me’ Why Jari Litmanen never played for Fulham

Jari Litmanen on the ball for Finland in a World Cup qualifier against England in March 2001.

Jari Litmanen achieved more than most of us mere mortals could ever dream of during his 24-year professional career.

He spent the bulk of the 1990s as one of the planet’s best attacking midfielders, dazzling with Ajax, where he was key to the club’s superlative 1995 Champions League under Louis van Gaal, before enjoying stints at Barcelona and Liverpool, and then returning to Ajax before a somewhat nomadic end to his career.

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