This notion of "you can't have two great players in central midfield" - what might be called, by Freud, The Lampard-Gerrard Neurosis - didn't seem to impede the Spanish - or indeed Barcelona - team built around Xavi and Iniesta (see also France of Platini/Tigana etc etc etc) https://t.co/J0wUITfpyb

— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) June 17, 2024