Yes. When I had a think about it I instantly thought about the Arsenal route which becomes easier/quicker/more obvious if using Fabregas but could've been done with Merson, Bergkamp, Henry, Messi, Villa, Mata anyway. That would be five steps and the Fabregas one would be four steps.
I wanted to fast forward the time frame. Merson was there in the 1990's. So I thought Aston Villa.... Juan Pablo Ángel... LA Galaxy.... when I reached Beckham.... it would be easy, given Mata came from Real Madrid. >>>>>>>>>>>>>Mark Lawrenson(Liverpool) and Mesut Özil
Mark Lawrenson to John Barnes @ Liverpool Barnes to Michael Owen @ Liverpool Owen to Iker Casillas @ Real Madrid Casillas to Ozil @ Real Madrid That was too easy! I propose: Bob Paisley to Alex Ferguson
Paisley & Ronnie Moran @ Liverpool Moran & Willie Stevenson @ Liverpool Stevenson & Willie Henderson @ Rangers Henderson & Ferguson @ Rangers There are a few Rangers players you could use to link Stevenson & Fergsuon. How about: Bert Trautmann to Bruce Grobbelaar
Pretty good. I was actually thinking Alfie Conn to link Dalglish to Ferguson. I would have needed one more to get Tommy Smith to Dalglish.
Bert Trautmann is too tough. I don't know much about Manchester City. I am trying to go through Don Revie to Grobbelaar.
Bert Trautmann to Dave Wagstaffe @ Man City Wagstaffe to Alun Evans @ Wolverhampton Evans to Steve Heighway @ Liverpool Heighway to Dalglish @ Liverpool Dalglish to Grobbelaar @ Liverpool
That was the way I was thinking. Revie with Terry Cooper at Leeds, then Cooper with Souness at Middlesbrough.
Lou Macari to Mark Hughes @ Man Utd Mark Hughes to Damien Duff @ Blackburn Damien Duff to Arjen Robben @ Chelsea Arjen Robben to Wesley Sneijder @ Real Madrid What about Ray Wilson to Raul?
Ray Wilson @ Everton with Alan Ball Alan Ball @ Arsenal with Liam Brady Brady @ Inter with Altobelli Altobelli @ Juventus with M. Laudrup Laudrup @ Madrid with Raul >>>>> Ladislao Mazurkiewicz to Bodo Illgner
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz @ Atlético Mineiro with Toninho Cerezo Toninho Cerezo @ Cruzeiro with Ronaldo Ronaldo @ Real Madrid with Raul, Hierro, etc. Raul, Hierro @ Real Madrid with Bobo Illnger. Rogério Ceni to Gerd Muller.
Gerd Muller @ Bayern with Klaus Augenthaler Augenthaler @ Bayern with Matthaus Matthaus @ Bayern with Jorginho Jorginho @ Sao Paulo with Rogerio Ceni >>> Hugo Sánchez to Hidetoshi Nakata
Sanchez and Kreis @ Dallas Burn Kreis and Holden @ Dallas Burn Holden and Jaaskelainen @ Bolton Jaaskelainen and Nakata @ Bolton from Joe-Max Moore to Fabio Coentrao
Easy Moore and Thomas Gravesen @ Everton Thomas Gravesen and Iker Casilas @ Real Madrid Iker and Fabio Centrao @ Real Madrid. Sergio Ramos works too. >>>>>>>>> Hamit Altıntop and Kevin Keegan.
Altintop and Ribery @ B.Munchen Ribery and Barthez @ O. Marseille Barthez and Rafa Marquez @ Monaco Rafa Marquez and O. Bierhoff @ Monaco O. Bierhoff and D. Beiersdorfer @ Hamburger D. Beiersdorfer and King Kevin @ Hamburger from Claudio Reyna ( USA ) to Nene Cubillas ( Peru )
Reyna and Niall Quinn at Sunderland Quinn and David White at Man City White and Paul Simpson at Man City Simpson and Asa Hartford at Man City Hartford and Brian Kidd at Man City Kidd and Cubillas at Fort Launderdale Strikers. Nils Liedholm to Demetrio Albertini
All at milan Liedholm with Altafini Altafini with Gianni Rivera Rivera with F. Baresi Baresi with Albertini >>> Tomas Brolin to Carlos Ruiz
Brolin and Gary McAllister at Leeds McAllister and Robbie Keane at Coventry Keane and Landon Donovan at LA Galaxy Donovan and Carlos Ruiz at LA Galaxy Andranik Eskandarian to Gaizka Mendieta
Andranik Eskandarian to Gaizka Mendieta Andranik Eskandarian and Carlos Alberto @ NY Cosmos Carlos Alberto and Cantareli @ Flamengo Cantareli and Leonardo @ Flamengo Leonardo and Gaizka Mendieta @ Valencia Mozer ( Brazil ) to Gary Speed ( Wales )