White paint on their boots — the new old-fashioned wingers in town

In days gone by, a winger wasn’t a winger unless the soles of his boots were covered in white paint from spending so much time standing on the touchline; and that’s a tradition which might be making a return in 2019-20.

Think of legends such as Ryan Giggs, Andrei Kanchelskis, John Barnes in his early days at Watford, Marc Overmars, Steve Heighway, Peter Barnes, Stanley Mathews, Tom Finney, George Best, Steve Coppell, Chris Waddle, the young Cristiano Ronaldo.