Venables' impact on football extended to Barca, Guardiola

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I accept that many of you won't have either seen Terry Venables at his impish, clever best as a midfielder at Spurs and Chelsea, or perhaps even savoured how enjoyable it was to watch the teams he coached -- Crystal Palace, Barcelona, Spurs, England -- when they played with their tails up. Beyond an acknowledgment that someone of renown in the football world died this weekend, it might well be that you're neither particularly moved nor inclined to stop and give much thought to his sumptuous life and career.

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That's fine. Time passes, eroding one's standing and at times erasing one's immediate relevance. I fully…