Top 10 greatest 'hardman' footballers of all time

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Diego Costa is one of the dirtiest footballers at present 

#7 Graeme Souness

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Injury is losing the cup final. Insult is placing your flag on their pitch

Liverpool legend-turned-pundit Graeme Souness is possibly the most successful destroyer that club football has ever seen.

With 5 league titles, 3 European Cups and 4 League Cups, Souness remains one of Liverpool's best-ever players. With Souness as captain, Liverpool won a hat-trick of league titles; the final of which was part of a treble. He intimidated opponents around Europe with his tough, physical style (including in his own team) whilst scoring glorious goals and dominating the leagues.

On the road to the 1984 European Cup final, Graeme Souness shattered the jaw of Movila, the Dinamo Bucharest captain, as Liverpool won out 3-1 on aggregate to put them in the final. He left with 56 goals in over 350 appearances to Sampdoria in Italy. He was only a couple of years away from kicking off one of the most hardcore managerial careers in Europe, as Rangers & Galatasaray fans will attest!

"Players who have more great games than other players are the great players." - On great players

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