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Fabricio Coloccini
It is a general consensus that players who come from abroad are more likely to leave the club for a better one at the very first chance, and it is quite understandable. A foreign player doesn’t necessarily have the same love for the club like a local one would and hence it is only natural for him to leave when the opportune moment comes.
However, Fabricio Coloccini stands as an exception here.
The then 26-year-old was an established player for Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna when Newcastle United paid 10 million pounds to sign him. In his very first season, he became a mainstay at the back, but couldn’t avoid his team from getting relegated.
One would have expected him to seek for pastures new at this point, but he opted to stay and fight the Toons back into the Premiership—and he played an integral part in doing so when they shot up to the Premiership the very next season.
