Elder statesmen in football when they were young (photos)

[Ian Reus]

 

[yumtum]

80% of these look really handsome, but it might just be that they're so much younger than how I know them to look.

Moyes and Strachan obviously outliers.

You clearly missed the guy who inspired Harry Potter - Jurgen klopp.

 

[edcunited1878]

 

[Pow]

Marcelo Bielsa

Holy shit. Age hit him like a truck.

 

[Ian Reus]

 

[Casanova85]

Marcelo Bielsa

Kinda Paul Stanley (KISS).

 

[Casanova85]

Venables

Venables / Beckham

 

[Impulse]

China has been rough on Oscar.

 

[harms]

Lukaku

 

[baskinginthesun]

Looks like a member of Rod Stewart's band in the '70s

Haha. I see it now. The big hair he has going.

 

[VeevaVee]

fecking hell. Explains quite a lot.

 

[SalfordRed18]

He definitely had a nose job.

Words right out my mouth!

 

[clarkydaz]

that Zidane one freaked me out

 

[baskinginthesun]

Not sure if he was sour here yet, or not? The hair on some of the older generation from the 70's is top notch.

Zlatan looking youthful.

 

[SalfordRed18]

Ahh. All makes sense now.

 

[Tiber]

Rafael Benitez

Weird seeing a picture of a 46 year old Rafa

 

[Frasbul]

Gordon Strachan (in case you couldn't tell).

I can't be the only one seeing Marco Reus?

 

[Isotope]

Ole when he was 15-30 y.o.

 

[Atze-Peng]

Spoiler

Neven Subotic

Spoiler

Oliver Kahn

Spoiler

Lothar Matthäus

Spoiler

Jürgen Klopp

 

[Bastian]

Great thread @Bastian

Cheers, it's great fun isn't it. Now I know Capello and Bielsa were cool as feck and Romario was sublime. But my favourite out of all these are Cruyff and Pellegrini. The Cruyff one reminds me of Joy Division for some reason but Pellegrini looks like some archetypal gladiator.

 

[Web of Bissaka]

Ole does not age.

 

[Majima]

Gordon Strachan (in case you couldn't tell).

I thought it was Bilbo Baggins

 

[baskinginthesun]

I thought it was Bilbo Baggins

Rod Stewart, Marco Reus and now Bilbo Baggins. Haha!

 

[marukomu]

Joleon Lescott

 

[Invictus]

Cool thread!

Vicente del Bosque as a player at Castellón:

Florentino Pérez as a young politician:

Cristiano Ronaldo as a toddler:

Mircea Lucescu at Wembley for Romania vs. England:

Fabio Capello as a player at Roma:

Michel Platini as a player at Nancy:

 

[simonhch]

Ole does not age.

Not sure why this belief persists. Ole is only 46 but looks about 55.

 

[SteveJ]

That's because he manages us.

 

[Lord SInister]

Jose and Mancini were good looking dudes.
Biesla and Blanc too.

 

[LARulz]

Sir Alex was handsome back in the day, as were most the Italians and Bielsa.

I'm quite enjoying seeing these old kits/badges though. Also like seeing photos of older/newer generation players like Cruyff and Rijkard etc

 

[Rish Sawhney]

Is that a dwarf version of middle aged Scholes?

 

[RedDevilCanuck]

Capello wins.

Biesla, Keane too

 

[paraguayo]

(can a mod insert the image?)

 

[lysglimt]

Jose and Mancini were good looking dudes.
Biesla and Blanc too.

I just know that Jamie Redknapps mum must have been pretty once...if you look at Harry and Jamie...well….

 

[Fridge chutney]

 

[Fridge chutney]

The great man as a lad (RIP)

 

[bdspeedy]

@SirAF
Give Jose an earring and he looks like George Michael from the Wham! days.

Tell him that to his face. Ha!

 

[Cantonaaa!]

The hair loss must have blindsided Sir Bobby. Hairline aside, he had a healthy looking scalp. Duncan Ferguson looking like a choir boy.

Speaking of, we should post Conte before and now pictures. Benjamin Button shit going

Nice thread, did I see Wenger?

FFS, that LvG nose.......

Wenger yes.

 

[Invictus]

Speaking of, we should post Conte before and now pictures. Benjamin Button shit going

 

[Grinner]

Souness

 

[pacifictheme]

Good thread

That shirt on Ancellotti is mint I'm assuming roma?

LVGs nose

... it says roma