David Docherty takes a look back to when John Charles captured the hearts of Italian football fans…
LOOKING BACK
Flying high: John Charles in typical action for Juventus
AS GARETH Bale continues to shine with Spanish giants Real Madrid, it is perhaps a good time to examine the career of that other hugely successful Welsh football export – the incomparable John Charles.
Charles blazed the trail for those that followed him to Italy such as Law, Baker, Greaves and Hitchens in the 60s; Brady, Souness, Francis, Wilkins, Hateley, Elliott, Jordan, Blissett and Rush in the 80s and G...
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