Bulgaria’s top-flight clubs know a thing or two about driving a collective bargain, but now they find themselves jostling with one of their own.
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Hristo all mighty!
Mad, bad and dangerous to know, the volatile Hrist Stoichkov was also, by common consensus, the best footballer to have come out of Bulgaria.
Interview with Dimitar Berbatov
The Bulgarian striker turned down a move from Man United to Fiorentina in the summer and is now enjoying a new lease of life with Fulham...
Gavin Hamilton: Matthaus is the latest great player to struggle as a coach
Lothar Matthaus's coaching career appears to confirm the rule that great players do not make great coaches.