Maggio creates own role

To a certain extent, Christian Maggio’s career shouldn’t really exist in its current guise.

For one thing, his best position was defunct only a few years ago. Wing-backs, after all, seemed as lost to the mid-90s as Coventry’s Premier League status and Ajax’s chances of winning the Champions League.

And, although always promising, it wasn’t until his new club Napoli remarkably reverted to three in defence that Maggio started to accelerate in every sense. Indeed, he arguably overtook his club.