Some have the golden touch, some have a silver tongue - and some lucky individuals, it turns out, have both
With the British general election taking place on June 8, Goal looks at some of football's ties with the fiercest competition of them all: politics
Remember Pavlyuchenko? The Russian striker spent four years with Tottenham, scoring 21 goals in 78 appearances. Not a great return, sure, but when you consider the added fact that he was also a city councilman representing Vladimir Putin's United Russian Party at the same time...
Who would you rather work harder for: Harry Redknapp or one of the most feared world leaders on the planet?