STILL FIRE IN THE DRAGAN

DOMINIC BLISS on how a European star of the 90s reinvented himself in Japan.

DRAGAN Stojkovic has enjoyed nothing short of a love affair with Japanese football – specifically Nagoya Grampus – since he made the decision to join the club as a player in turmoil.
Having suffered for the best part of four years with a chronic knee injury during a difficult spell in Marseille following the 1990 World Cup, the Serbian superstar experienced a new dawn in the Land of the Rising Sun.
What for so many star names was a short-lived adventure into the J-League, proved to be the opportu...

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