As we mark the 30th anniversary of the Premier League, two of its greatest midfielders Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard were side by side on the touchline at Villa Park.
Another, Patrick Vieira, will be in charge of Crystal Palace at Liverpool this evening. Roy Keane, meanwhile, was once successful in taking Sunderland to the Premier League.
As for the one who could see and read the game better than any of them — the one who could smack a ball against a tree at training from 30 yards — he remains lost to the game.