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Sleeves, Angels, 'Rosemary Beads': The Not-so Changing Face of Football Tattoos

When the Premier League resumed last weekend, the football pitches of the English top flight were awash with works of art.

At Craven Cottage, red flowers on the upper left arm of Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic. At Molineux, an inscription on the inside of Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves left arm in homage to his former club, Porto, that reads: "The heart is blue and white."

Callum Wilson, who scored one goal and made another as Bournemouth beat Cardiff 2-0, has intricate sleeves on each arm, including a tribal design on his left bicep that he got when he was 15.