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Did you know he was nearly a professional footballer? If it hadn’t been for a shoulder injury when he was a teenager, we might well have seen him on TV playing for a top club. He had try-outs at a few of them. He might even have been England’s goalkeeper – who knows?!<\/p>\n

I<\/i> know he’ll hate me saying that.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, fate intervened and we got him. He<\/i> is Chris Tapsell. He began writing guides at Eurogamer several years ago and his aptitude for critical writing – and Pokémon – was obvious, so his role evolved. He joined the features team, writing about how he appeared in Football Manager one year<\/a>, the braggart, before sliding with more focus towards reviews. <\/p>\n

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Did you know he was nearly a professional footballer? If it hadn’t been for a shoulder injury when he was a teenager, we might well have seen him on TV playing for a top club. He had try-outs at a few of them. He might even have been England’s goalkeeper – who knows?! I know he’ll hate me saying that. Nevertheless, fate intervened and we got him. He is Chris Tapsell. He began writing guides at Eurogamer several years ago and his aptitude for critical writing – and Pokémon – was obvious, so his role evolved. He joined the features team, writing about how he appeared in Football Manager one year, the braggart, before sliding with more focus towards reviews. 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