{"id":98695,"date":"2023-09-10T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T16:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98695"},"modified":"2023-09-10T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T16:21:43","slug":"forgotten-team-mate-of-lampard-and-pirlo-who-captained-club-to-shock-win-over-man-utd-is-now-a-premier-league-manager-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/sport\/forgotten-team-mate-of-lampard-and-pirlo-who-captained-club-to-shock-win-over-man-utd-is-now-a-premier-league-manager-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgotten team-mate of Lampard and Pirlo who captained club to shock win over Man Utd is now a Premier League manager | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A FORMER team-mate of Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and Frank Lampard is now managing in the top flight of English football.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-defender kicked off his career with Basconia before joining Athletic Bilbao in 2001.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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