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STELIOS GIANNAKOPOULOS

The free-scoring midfielder on shocking the continent with Greece at Euro 2004, as well as Big Sam’s Bolton revolution…

Was it always your ambition to play in England, before joining Bolton in 2003?

To be honest, I didn’t like English football as a kid. It was very different back then. There weren’t too many teams trying to play out from the back when I was a young footballer – the English game was all about getting the ball forward as quickly as possible. But you grow up and realise the level, and I realised that this is a league you need to come to, to

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