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DONE BY 30

MICHAEL SPOOR REPORTS ON A QUARTET OF PLAYERS WHO PACKED UP EARLY...

FOOTBALL superstars like Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric seem to go on forever these days.
Going back a bit, Gordon Strachan and Teddy Sheringham also kept on playing. But not everyone does.
Here are four players who, for one reason or another, were done and dusted by the age of 30:
Marco van Basten
An opportunistic left-foot finish, a clinical right-foot penalty, a sumptuous left-foot scissor volley and a calm left-foot finish after rounding the keeper: the definitive centre-forward display.
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