Nothing can impact upon a footballer’s career quite like a sticking sobriquet. But imagine being branded ‘Glass Legs’, the moniker afforded Robert Prosinecki in his injury-ravaged Primera Liga days.

Should David Beckham lead England out to face Argentina on the greatest stage of all on June 7 the Manchester United superstar will have come full circle.

Gabriel Batistuta walked out of a love affair and into a marriage of convenience when he left Fiorentina for Roma.