{"id":289660,"date":"2011-03-04T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/04\/who-is-your-favourite-footballing-cult-hero\/"},"modified":"2011-03-04T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T16:37:00","slug":"who-is-your-favourite-footballing-cult-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/who-is-your-favourite-footballing-cult-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is your favourite footballing cult hero?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Oliver Yew<\/h3>\n<h4>4 Mar 2011 16:37:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.8170241287\">\n<div>\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Luiz, Chelsea\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b2404bbd125279_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>David Luiz, Chelsea<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"28.2663690476\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/brazil\/15706\/david-luiz\">David Luiz<\/a> caused quite a stir in west London this week after his all-action display against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And after his goalscoring exploits against the league leaders, the curly haired star really captured the imagination of Chelsea\u2019s supporters, the centre-back looks destined to become a cult hero at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a321.3 million Brazilian, who joined the Blues on transfer deadline day in January, is comfortable on the ball and his desire to get forward has made him an instant hit with the fans.<\/p>\n<p>But it was not just his scoring exploits which caught the eye on Tuesday as his rather reckless nature caused controversy.<\/p>\n<p>The former Benfica man was lucky to stay on the field after two fouls on Wayne Rooney and another on Javier Hernandez, but this no-nonsense style has concreted his status as a fan favourite.<\/p>\n<p>Luiz\u2019s impact got <strong>Goal.com UK<\/strong> thinking about cult heroes of the past and present and we want you to let us know who your favourite cult hero is.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re the players who are not necessarily the most skilled or gifted footballer on the team but for some reason the fans just love them.<\/p>\n<p>Nominate your favourites below and we will publish the best of them on Monday&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b2404bbd125279_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continued here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/04\/2379273\/who-is-your-favourite-footballing-cult-hero\" title=\"Who is your favourite footballing cult hero?\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Who is your favourite footballing cult hero?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Oliver Yew 4 Mar 2011 16:37:00 David Luiz, Chelsea Related Links Teams Players Chelsea defender David Luiz caused quite a stir in west London this week after his all-action display against Manchester United . And after his goalscoring exploits against the league leaders, the curly haired star really captured the imagination of Chelsea\u2019s supporters, the centre-back looks destined to become a cult hero at Stamford Bridge. The \u00a321.3 million Brazilian, who joined the Blues on transfer deadline day in January, is comfortable on the ball and his desire to get forward has made him an instant hit with the fans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Who is your favourite footballing cult hero? - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/04\/who-is-your-favourite-footballing-cult-hero\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Who is your favourite footballing cult hero? - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Oliver Yew 4 Mar 2011 16:37:00 David Luiz, Chelsea Related Links Teams Players Chelsea defender David Luiz caused quite a stir in west London this week after his all-action display against Manchester United . 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