Andrea Pirlo and Francesco Totti: do short-term marquee signings really have an effect?

Do Pirlo and Totti still have what it takes to play 90 minutes of intensely competitive football against A-League opposition?

The reaction to news that Andrea Pirlo and Francesco Totti have been approached with offers to come to Australia to play in this week’s FFA Cup quarter-finals has been overwhelmingly positive.

The positivity is not surprising. These are two icons of not just Italian football, but world football. Both had careers spanning more than 15 years playing at the highest level, and both were part of Italy’s 2006 World Cup winning team.

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