Leaving Real Madrid at 24 years of age, who could have predicted that the box-to-box Dutchman would have 14 seasons of top-flight football left in him? As dynamic and professional a footballer as any, Clarence Seedorf has fashioned a sparkling career, signing for Internazionale at the turn of the millennium, before spending a decade at their cross-city counterparts, where he made over 300 appearances and won two Champions Leagues. While £18 million was quite a lot of money 14 years ago, Los Blancos chiefs will still feel sore about letting slip one of the most explosive and fittest midfielders to have laced up a pair of boots this side of the millennium. Characterized by pace, power and thumping shots, the Dutchman possessed a myriad of traits, which made him one of the most fearsome midfield threats in world football. With Madrid chiefs adding more and more attacking depth to their starting line-up over the years, how they could have done with a player in the mould of Makelele or Seedorf, either to break up attacks or to power through opposing midfields.
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Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
