Vladimir Smicer is smiling. He smiles a lot, this former star.
“It’s the best way to be,” he tells Goal, settling in for an exclusive chat on a fifth-floor balcony overlooking the Liverpool skyline.
“I have a good life and lots to smile about. And just look at that view!”
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Smicer’s return to Merseyside is a flying one.
He is here to play for a Liverpool Legends team against AC Milan at Anfield, where more than 54,000 supporters will turn up to watch Steven Gerrard settle a contest featuring the likes of Kaka, Robbie Fowler, Andrea Pirlo, Jamie Carragher and Paolo Maldini.