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I'm the former Premier League star who starred at Cremonese before Jamie Vardy
Serie A continues to be a place for Premier League stars to shine, with a host of familiar names now enjoying their football in Italy's top flight.
Last season, it was Scott McTominay who was the league's standout name and he's not the only one who's swapped England for Italian life in recent seasons.
The latest name to scratch that Serie A itch is Jamie Vardy, who made the surprise move to Cremonese at the end of the summer transfer window in one of the league's most intriguing deals.
After a slow start due to fitness and a niggling injury, the Leicester legend is starting to make a name for himself at the club, netting twice in his first six games.
However, Vardy isn't the first former Premier League face to have starred in Cremona. Gianluca Vialli began his football career with Cremonese, while fans of a certain vintage will recall former Coventry striker Jon Aloisi, who played for the club before his move to England.
Then there's an Arsenal cult hero, who moved to North London from Cremonese in 1990, who has treasured memories of his time in Serie A.
"I can't tell you how proud I am to be part of that era," Anders Limpar exclusively tells DAZN News, courtesy of finding free poker.
"All the best players before the Premier League started were in Italy and I had the opportunity to play there.
"I played against Maradona, Carreca, Alemão and the rest. Our derby games were against Inter Milan and Milan. I actually made my debut against Inter Milan and they had three very, very bad players in Matthaus, Klinsmann and Brehme! While Gullit, Rijkaard and van Basten played for Milan.
"So, for me, a little kid, 24, 25 years old, that was a dream come true."
Limpar spent a season with Cremonese, where he was voted the league's third-best foreign player behind Matthaus and Maradona, before moving to Highbury, where he won the First Division title in 1990 and became a fan favourite.
What does he make then of Vardy's move to his former club and what he can offer them this season?
"We weren't as big a team then as they are now. I'm so pleased that an English guy is there, Jamie Vardy.
"He's going to help them to stay up in Serie A."
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Vardy isn't the only striker Limpar has on his mind. As a former Swedish international who played his part in the country's most successful period in the 1990s as Sweden finished third at USA '94, he has been keeping a close eye on Alexander Isak's movements at Anfield.
Isak made the record-breaking £125 million move to Anfield after a protracted summer story, but has so far struggled amongst Liverpool's dismal losing run.
The forward is yet to get off the mark for his new club in the league, but Limpar has no doubt his countryman will find his form again on Merseyside, adding, "I'm 100% sure he'll be a success at Liverpool.
"When you cost that amount of money, all the pressure comes with it. You have to swap city, you have to swap environment, you have to swap a system of play, teammates, and manager. It takes time to settle in.
"But for players like Isak, they have no minutes to settle in. You need instant success. And he's been struggling a little bit, because he hasn't had a proper pre-season.
"You can see he's struggling and suffered an injury, so he's struggled and so have Liverpool. But he'll turn it around, I'm sure of it."
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