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afonso alves For the past three decades afonso alves the Premier League has been a hotbed of overseas talent. Long gone are the days of all-British squads, with players from all over afonso alves the globe converging on England to play in arguably the greatest league of them all. afonso alves

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One nation which has had surprisingly mixed fortunes when exporting its talents to Blighty is Brazil. For every Coutinho there’s been a Kléberson and for every Juninho there’s been a Jo. afonso alves

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In January 2008, then-Middlesbrough manager Gareth Southgate shelled out a club-record £12.5m to bring Afonso Alves to the Riverside from Dutch side Heerenveen – this particular Brazilian falls into the ‘miss’ pile rather than the ‘hit’ pile. afonso alves