"He was always coming in bloodied": The modern Man City cult hero who shunned Cheshire mansions to live in a Didsbury flat, and chatted to fans in the pub
straight to your inboxMost footballers have their worth measured in goals, trophies and moments of ecstasy.Pablo Zabaleta is a Manchester City legend whose name will forever be embroidered in stitches, and written in blood.The Argentine star never scored glorious goals, he rarely made you catch your breath with an instance of brilliance, and he certainly never creamed a last-minute title winner into the top corner in the last minute.But when the statues are built at the Etihad Stadium, the stocky little Argentine would be a popular addition to Sergio Aguero, David Silva, and Vincent Kompany.Even when his moment of eternal fame seemed to have come, as he opened the scoring in that fateful, last-day, must-win game against Queen’s Park Rangers