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Joe Mewis

‘I went on trial at Leeds, but English football was different then. Even if they’d offered me a contract, I would have said no’ Jari Litmanen on why he initially snubbed the English game

Jari Litmanen celebrates after scoring for Ajax against Panathinaikos in the Champions League semi-finals in April 1996.

During the mid-1990s, there were few better attacking midfielders on the planet than Jari Litmanen.

The game’s first bona fide Finnish superstar, Litmanen was the talismanic presence in the all-conquering Ajax side that won the 1995 Champions League and 12 other trophies during his seven-year spell with the Dutch giants.

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