The stars of the future are already shining in the present. Mbappe, Haaland, Pedri, Vinicius and Joao Felix have burst into the football elite to stay. But as much as the first batch of the 20th century is advancing with firm weight along with the last players born in the last century, the Olympus of football is still reserved for veterans who have been competing to be the best for more than a decade.
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