Lukaku owned a Chelsea shirt before joined the club, and felt some trepidation at joining the group of world famous players that manager Andre Villas-Boas has at his disposal.
"To the tourist and casual fan, it says, 'Arsenal had this world-famous player; maybe they could be our adopted club.' But, to decode the statue" — to understand that it echoes a popular photograph, taken in 2000, that showed Henry sliding on his knees after scoring against Tottenham — "you have to be a hard-core fan, so it reinforces your attachment to the club".
John Reed, a silver-tongued Gilbert and Sullivan singer renowned for urbanity, verbal inanity, touching humanity, antic insanity and (a noteworthy trait in a world-famous player quite used to performing for crowned heads of state) a singular lack of theatrical vanity, died in Halifax, England, on Feb. 13, his 94th birthday.
The individual section must have been particularly enjoyable, everyone partnering other world-famous players who usually sat only in opposition.
Many world-famous players began their careers with Boca, including former Argentinean captain Antonio Rattin and strikers Gabriel Batistuta, Claudio Caniggia, and Carlos Tevez.
But the world-famous players may go largely unnoticed in Chicago next week, which by no means belies a local firm's shrewd move to form a distinctly global alliance.
The arrogant complacency of the Italians lost them the match, but won them the understanding that just because a team doesn't contain world-famous players, it doesn't mean they won't beat you on the day.
It felt especially poignant this year, as many of England's traditional powerhouses, like Manchester City, Manchester United, and last season's champions, Chelsea, went through extended stretches of dispirited play, when their world-famous players seemed to wish they could be anywhere else but on the field.
Fifteen world-famous players from 15 World Cup countries came together in a virtual 'Team UNICEF' and pledged their support to help promote a more peaceful, nonviolent world.
The authoritative cricket journal Wisden Cricketers Almanackk, in an obituary, wrote "Australia has produced greater cricketers than Harry Trott, but in his day he held a place in the front rank of the world's famous players.
