Footballers and hair - it could be the subject of volumes of literature.
Has so much psychologising been drawn out of so little? Pundits circle above like hawks and will swoop with conclusions and condemnations if they see a haircut out of line.
Paul Pogba is the prime example, with football's thinkers connecting the performance with his feet to what's on the top of his head.
Mail Sport isn't here to do that, but merely bask in the wacky, the original, the uncharted territory.
From Pogba to Carlos Valderrama and Taribo West, here are nine footballers - from a longlist of many - who went off-piste with their hair.