With his pink hair and underwear modelling, there weren’t many like Freddie Ljungberg in the early 2000s. He was basically Arsenal’s David Beckham. It’s hard to identify the precise moment when flamboyance became normal in the Premier League.
Rewind to 2008, and Arsenal’s Nicklas Bendtner was making national newspaper headlines for wearing pink boots — a decision that was widely ridiculed. “I love my pink boots,” the striker enthused. “I’ve wanted to play in that colour since I was young [and] I don’t think anyone can compete with me now. ”Ten years before that, it was difficult to find a player wearing any colour on their feet besides black.
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