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The forgotten story of how a Real Madrid legend nearly joined Manchester United amid tragedy

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straight to your inbox every day for freeThe Maradona pirouette, the Cruyff turn, the Muller-ed shot. Football’s greatest icons live on through how we talk about the game and Ferenc Puskas’ legacy is instilled in what he did best - score goals.Even if fans today have no idea that Hungary were once the best national side in the world, have no notion of the ‘Match of the Century’ or are clueless of his exploits at Honved and Real Madrid, they pay homage to Puskas every year with arguments of who should win the award in his name for the best goal scored within those past 12 months.But he is rarely featured alongside the likes of Pele, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in debates of the best players of all time.

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