Michael Laudrup - The Big Interview with Graham Hunter

[@jamesbaxter5001]

The most underrated player in history, its a crime so few people rave about him, he really was special

[@Tbonyandsteak]

His maturity is also sky high. Lots of people could learn from him.

[@user-pt1ow8hx5l]

Well. His peers knows about him. As did every player form the Barcelona youth academy, Messi included. They taught him, Messi, the Laudrup 'vision'. As you can hear.

[@asadashraf2128]

Such a silky player. His drop of the shoulder and leaving an opponent for dead, was amazing; it’s like you knew he was gonna do it, but the defender would fall for it every time

[@Razormiller]

Laudrup is my favourite player. Loved watching him play for Barca when I was growing up. I would have liked if Graham had asked him about all the quotes from legends of the game who say that Laudrup rarely played at 100%. That he was a bit sensitive and withdrawn. That, even tho he was one of the greats, he rarely actually played to his true football ability on the pitch. Cruyff said "Had Michael been born in a poor ghetto in Brazil or Argentina with the ball being his only way out of poverty he would today be recognized as the biggest genius of the game ever. He had all the abilities to reach it but lacked this ghetto-instinct, which could have driven him there." Platini said "One of the biggest talents ever. The best in the world on the training pitch, but never used his talent to its full during matches".. What a claim!! Theres other quotes out there like this. Id be very curious to know what Michael thinks about them. Does he know what they mean? Does he agree/disagree? Even tho we all think he was great did we see him reach his pinnacle during games or was he even better then we realised? Was he much better on the training pitch as Platini suggests? I find that hard to believe tbh since he was so good on the pitch. Also I would have liked to hear what Laudrup thought about the game, especially as a kid. Who was his favorited player? What age was he when he realized he had a special ability? How much does he love the game itself(not all the fame but the actual game) etc. Does he ever play for fun anymore? Does he miss playin? I know Graham touched on some of that at the end but I would have loved much more in-depth. Finally I really would have loved to hear him discuss how good a footballer his dad and brother was. But especially the dad. Most of us know how good Brian was. Theres only a few clips of his dad Finn. But he does look exceptional in those clips. Very like Michael. Id love to have known what Michael thought of his dad as a player. If he felt he was as good as his 2 sons? Did his dad coach him. Is he a major influence on how Michael and Brians elegant style? What does Finn think of Michael (& Brian) as player/s? He must be immensely proud. Anyway Im not complaining. It was a great interview with loads covered.

[@johnming73]

As a Dutch I grew upt with Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard as my Football Hero's. But in that time´-period Maradona, Michael Laudrup and later on Romario, were my absolute foreign hero`s.Thank you M. Laudrup for all the joy you brought in my youth!

[@deathkampdrone]

Laudrup and Elkjaer as a front-duo for the Danish team of the mid-80's.... pure, raw world class.

[@angelomarazzani3956]

Danish dynamite ❤

[@Dansk-zi4wg]

My boyhood hero along with Elkjaer - i could watch these two all day every day - the reason i started to play and fall in love with football

[@gasgazman9698]

me to

[@angelomarazzani3956]

Me 3

[@rayner417]

Always talks well. Humble respectful. One of the most graceful players of all time. His brother was amazing too. Great football family. Not a bad manger too. His swansea team was pretty good

[@conorsmith8551]

Is he managing a club now ?

[@rayner417]

@@conorsmith8551 none. And so..my main point was he talks well. And he is one of the greatest players of all time. Who did u play for or manage?

[@conorsmith8551]

@@rayner417 I wasn’t being antagonistic mate , I was genuinely asking a question . Chill

[@rayner417]

@@conorsmith8551 never said u was sir. Just asking. And because the the guy don't coach a team. Don't mean he ain't good. He won a cup with Swansea.

[@conorsmith8551]

@@rayner417 you asked me “who did you play for or Manage?” Haha wtf, I was just genuinely curious if he was managing anyone now, didn’t check his Wikipedia

[@sebastianadlercreutz]

Forget about the other fools, this gentleman is the real deal... best player in the history of the game.

[@colbymasvidal2397]

10000000% but ignorant people dosent know shit🤣👍🇩🇰❤

[@conorsmith8551]

Pogba could learn a lot from laudrup

[@Tbonyandsteak]

Just look at what people Michael was influenced by, Allan Simonsen, Elkjær Lerby, F. Arnesen, Platini. To me it seems Michael was really good at learning from others. He got all of them in his play.

[@tarekdemiati9991]

Great Interview! You should interivew Zinedine Zidane and ask him if he has been influenced by Michael Laudrup, I see a lot of similarities between Zidane & Laudrup elegance. Zidane often refer to Enzo Francescoli as a model he tried to copy, he often said I tried tor replicate all his move, he mentioned that he was fascinated by this player when he was younger.

[@happy_camper]

A brilliant player with a brilliant outlook on life. He is my footballing hero.

[@Jazzyak47]

Best player ever!

[@MrRh1979]

The best interview i have seen with Michael so far. And Im Danish. Great job!

[@rogercassini8339]

I love Michael since the very beginning in Juventus .. One of the greatest of all time 🧡💚💙💜

[@kasperhansen4472]

I witnessed Michael Laudrup enter the scenes in the Euros 1984, when I was 15, and he swept everybody of their feet at national levels and again in Mexico 1986 where he was the elegantier of the tournament. Unfortunately in both tournaments Denmark was unable to make it to the finals as they were inexperienced and unlucky. In 1992 Laudrup was at his peak but abstained from national football as the coach and he didn't see eye to eye on many things and Denmark played a style that didn't suit Michael who was the leading star in Barca´s Dream Team. Thats when Denmark won the Euro????? Strange how life plays its games with us;-) Glad to hear Him mention Zico. Brazil in 1982 with Zico as captain, and Laudrup in Barca was always my two major inspirations in football. Thanks for a great interview.

[@NaiduRakesh]

Very good player unlucky to miss out in' 92 Euros , he looks to be a very grounded human being ❤

[@Tbonyandsteak]

Really good questions btw. I remember an article in the 80's. The national starplayers and DBU got an request from USA. About a father that wanted his son to be educated to be a starplayer. It got dismissed, since the notion was it was something that cant be teached. The player them self would say 80-90% is training the rest is talent. I remember this since it was such a good questions. Take martial arts they also have the spiritual educations as well, in some of them. Like the teaching of Bruce Lee, you got go from were you are, not what you wanted to be. But as in all sport you got repeat and train your body and mind, so you do it in an auto mode. But the world still did not got another Bruce Lee. About the Billard, he meant the Cone billard where you slightly have to push the ball 5 cm around the cones. Actually very difficult to do. Laudrup could do that with a football in full speed.

[@rivi117]

In the 70's it was Pele, in the 80's it was Maradona and in the 90's it was Michael Laudrup

[@transparent6748]

Nah Cruyff 70s,,pelė 58-70

[@ZeeMann777]

i just discovered what a footballer, artist, brilliant, so wealthy of the beautiful game knowledge..yessss he is . braaavvo..!!! i put him with cruyff, zeezou, maradona... a world class ... period.

[@Gonzo4Ever]

Tak for alt Michael10 ❤ Landsholdet har brug for dig 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@mamukavatsadze9299]

Maestro! One of the best player ever…

[@SimonGlobetrotter]

Why Mikael has not been the national manager for Denmark - especially looking at the present manager - is mindboggling - Genous is seldom recognized.

[@egelund1976]

Such a class act!

[@tanoshehu7169]

Grande LAUDRUP..LAZIO JUVENTUS BARCELLONA REAL MADRID AJAX.GENIO.ASSOLUTO.⬆️⬆️💙🦅🦅🦅

[@Gonzo4Ever]

Amazing football he created in Swansea for peanuts

[@johnsevrin3806]

The best player in the world .

[@cameronkahn6470]

Looks like tom cruise

[@2face789]

Sean Bean :-)

[@gasgazman9698]

a bit😂

[@thomaspetersen9991]

I live in Spain and if you Go to Barcelona all the Barcelona shops is huge pictures of Ronald Koeman and no laudrup.laudrup was The dream team but in Barcelona They never forget Laudrup did Go to Madrid and by the way Win The title from Barcelona 😅😅😅.all know Laudrup in Spain but really because he Did go to Madrid they Still Angry in Barcelona 😂😂😂. Michael Laudrup was voted The Best Player in Spain in front of Diego Maradona.he was a guienos and amasing he never was voted the Best Player in The world because he is one of The Best ever.he was the Dream Team and when he did leave Barcelona there was No dream team

[@klopp295]

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