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THE SPACE MAN

LIKE THE TRIPPY BIT IN 2001: A Space Oddysey, EURO 2024 is full of stars: Jude Bellingham, Harry Kane, Kylian Mbappé, the ageing supernovas of Luka Modrić and Cristiano Ronaldo. In their considerable collective shadow, however, is a man who in his own way is as accomplished as any of them.

doesn’t look like a footballer: in fact, he looks like the kid who gets picked last for five-a-side. He’s skinny and runs awkwardly, all knees and elbows. Former teammate Arjen Robben once said that Müller rarely gets injured because he has

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