Nevertheless, he has the potential to be a star as a certain player from Madrid - who knows a thing or two about stardom - says.

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Former Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham, retiring as a player this weekend, has an option to buy an MLS expansion team at below cost.

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Neither was a star player and both come across as cerebral underdogs who fought their way up the food chain.

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Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has previously described Van Persie as "a fantastic player" and discussed the prospect of linking up with him at United.

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The Lions and Wales star fears becoming a utility player could hinder his Wales hopes as Stephen Jones and Dan Biggar are his rivals for the ten shirt.

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My hope for this dynamic is that it will allow people to first play Star Citizen in a safer more single player open world style, but as they grow in confidence and want to test their mettle against other real players they can take the training wheels off and get into battles with real players.

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As he made his appearance, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was announcing that his star player had signed a new deal which ties him to Anfield until 2013.

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The 2004 feature "Wimbledon" starred Kirsten Dunst as Lizzie Bradbury, a single-minded American tennis star who finds love in the form of a less than dedicated British player Peter Colt (Paul Bettany), who inspired by Bradbury does the impossible by winning the men's singles.

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Paulus, national player of the year in high school as a quarterback for Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse and also a star on the basketball team, opted to play point guard at Duke for coach Mike Krzyzewski and after receiving his undergraduate degree enrolled at Syracuse as a graduate student for his final year of eligibility.

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