Graeme Souness: 100-word hero #37
The series returns, as it ended last season, with a missive from Football Italia and Rigore! legend Dave Taylor…
Another thoroughly famous moustache, Graeme Souness was one of the world’s most feared midfielders yet an ultra-classy player when he left Liverpool for the great Sampdoria in 1984.
At the time Samp were building for the future and the Scot steered them to their first Italian Cup win.
That wasn’t his first goal - he scored on his debut - marking his impact arrival.
Of course his forte was tackling and in that way he was a cross between Bergomi’s craftiness and Vierchowod’s up front brutality but to see him with Trevor Francis was Brit heaven - in Italy they were Gods.
