And then there’s Basti.
As we gathered at Soldier Field on Tuesday morning, to contemplate the start of a new era for the Club, another era was coming to a close, as Bastian Schweinsteiger announced his retirement.
I remember sweltering in Rio watching the ebb and flow of a tense World Cup final in 2014. At one point in extra time, I watched a prone Schweinsteiger lying on the sidelines, as he was hastily stitched up to see out the game after a brutal Sergio Aguero challenge — the latest in a series of such attempts to nullify Schweinsteiger from a physical Argentina team.