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When Sócrates was transferred to Fiorentina, he said: “I’m not interested in cars, luxury homes, I don’t want to grow old accumulating riches... I’m here to read Gramsci in the original language.”
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#KeepPoliticsInFootball #MarxistFootballers
Inter Milan captain and Argentinean full-back Javier Zanetti persuaded his Inter teammates to give up their wages to support Mexico’s Zapatista rebels - and tried to arrange a friendly with them.
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#KeepPoliticsInFootball #MarxistFootballers
Paul Breitner - West German left back won the 1974 FIFA World Cup, scoring in the final. Identified with the 68ers (the 1968 protest movement in Germany). He was seen bringing Mao Zedong's "Little Red Book" to training.
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#KeepPoliticsInFootball #MarxistFootballers
