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  • That's it then - he has essentially told the world he has given up on his dream and will go down in history as just another British nearly-man.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • That's it then - he has essentially told the world he has given up on his dream and will go down in history as just another British nearly-man.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • That's it then - he has essentially told the world he has given up on his dream and will go down in history as just another British nearly-man.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • Bayern Munich v Manchester United: Dimitar Berbatov determined to lose 'nearly-man' tag

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • That's it then - he has essentially told the world he has given up on his dream and will go down in history as just another British nearly-man.

    Evening Mail news round-up 2010

  • Kevin Palmer explains why this is a make or break season for perennial nearly-man Defoe.

    ESPN.com 2009

  • Kevin Palmer explains why this is a make or break season for perennial nearly-man Defoe.

    ESPN.com 2009

  • Kevin Palmer explains why this is a make or break season for perennial nearly-man Defoe.

    ESPNsoccernet 2009

  • Kevin Palmer explains why this is a make or break season for perennial nearly-man Defoe.

    ESPNsoccernet 2009

  • Kevin Palmer explains why this is a make or break season for perennial nearly-man Defoe.

    ESPN.com 2009

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