COMEDIAN Jack Whitehall has revealed the one footballer that surpassed Alessandro Del Piero and Edgar Davids as the BEST he has played alongside.
The Fresh Meat and Bad Education actor, 34, has appeared in a couple of editions of Soccer Aid – an annual charity match made up of celebrities and ex-players forming teams from England and a World XI.
Over the years, Whitehall has played alongside a host of top former pros including Netherlands legends Edgar Davids and Clarence Seedorf and Italy icon Alessandro Del Piero.
Yet the one individual who stood out more than anyone else for the stand-up comic was ex-Leicester, Birmingham and Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage.
He said: “I played in a lot of those celebrity football matches.
“The most impressive thing is that I played with Clarence Seedorf, Edgar Davids, Alessandro Del Piero.
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“And honestly, out of all the players I played with, the most impressive was Robbie Savage.
“It was maybe because he was a little bit fitter and he’d only just retired the year before.
“But he was everywhere. All over the pitch.
“It’s quite depressing that out of all those amazing, elite players – Savage was definitely the most impressive.”
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Savage, who earned 39 caps for Wales, retired from football in 2020 after a brief spell with Stockport.
Soccer Aid 2023 will take place at Old Trafford on Sunday evening.
Those set to take part are as follows:
England squad: Jill Scott (Captain), David James (GK), Paddy McGuinness (GK) Gary Neville, Gary Cahill, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes, Jack Wilshere, Jermain Defoe, Eni Aluko, Karen Carney, Scarlette Douglas, Alex Brooker, Chunkz, Tom Grennan, Sir Mo Farah, Bugzy Malone, Joel Corry, Danny Dyer, Asa Butterfield, Tom Huddlestone and Liam Payne.
World XI squad: Usain Bolt (Captain), Ben Foster (GK), Patrice Evra, Nani, Kem Cetinay, Roberto Carlos, Francessco Totti, Gabriel Batistuta, Leon Edwards, Sam Claflin, Hernan Crespo, Niko, Maisie Adam, Kaylyn Kyle, Heather O’Reilly, Mo Gilligan, Lee Mack, Steven Bartlett, Noah Beck and Tommy Fury.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
