Players to watch: Nicolás Lodeiro

Uruguay star Nicolás Lodeiro (Juventus Malta)

If we tell you that Lionel Messi needs to play well for Argentina in order for them to win the World Cup or Landon Donovan needs to be at his top form in South Africa it is almost being like Tommy Smyth mentioning the obvious.

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