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Confusion ensues as Wes Brown is named as a ‘FIFA Legend’ at England vs Colombia

Published 22:56 3 Jul 2018 BST

Wayne Farry
Confusion ensues as Wes Brown is named as a ‘FIFA Legend’ at England vs Colombia

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We were not expecting Wes Brown to be a talking point at this World Cup

Much has been made during this summer's World Cup about the FIFA Legends system, which sees world football's governing body parading a number of former footballers to matches as ambassadorial figures. The practice has been common for years, but was cast into the spotlight last month when it emerged how much FIFA was paying Diego Maradona - a man who has been involved in some high profile situations at the World Cup - to appear in Russia as one of its 'Legends'.   https://twitter.com/BradSeymour47/status/1014204602332385284 https://twitter.com/ibby21111/status/1014204589095124993 https://twitter.com/jede39/status/1014204130947223552 https://twitter.com/CarltonChilemb1/status/1014204081840230403 https://twitter.com/Palomo_ESPN/status/1014204051561549824 https://twitter.com/DiscoMirror/status/1014204037984604165 https://twitter.com/dpcoverdale/status/1014203875199537152 https://twitter.com/RFN_David/status/1014203785290375173 https://twitter.com/AfNino/status/1014203715392278528

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